The US/Soviet Arms Competition: Quantitative/Qualitative Aspects

Abstract

The study seeks to give decisionmakers an unclassified analysis of the nature and intensity of US/Soviet arms competition since World War II and to point out implications for future national security policy. The study places emphasis on the overall indicators of the race and strategic nuclear arms. Scholars have concluded that a quantitative arms race usually leads to war, but a qualitative one does not. The study sets up operational definitions for these type races, and tests the US/Soviet case by charting trends in military personnel, nuclear arms, defense expenditures and fear/hostility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0785182

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Jennings

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Civil Defense
  • Cold War
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Organizations
  • Korean War
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Strategic Security Studies