NATO Military Policy: Obtaining Conventional Comparability with the Warsaw Pact

Abstract

Contents: Hypotheses explaining NATO's military deficiencies; The strategy of flexible response; The Soviet military quandary: An inferior resource base; The short versus long war problem; Force structure: Its relationship to strategy and specific deployment areas; Operating practices: Consistency and cost effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0775352

Entities

People

  • Steven L. Canby

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Anti-Tank Weapons
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Artillery
  • Attrition
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Geography
  • Military Budgets
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design