Analysis of the Soviet Crisis Management Experience

Abstract

This report explains the methodological strategy used to identify 386 international crises of concern to the Soviet Union over the period 1946-1975, presents brief descriptions of the crises, analyzes the evolving character of Soviet crisis management, discusses the incidents in the context of other developments in the international system and in Soviet affairs over the period 1946-1976, evaluates reliability and validity and compares the list of Soviet crises with previous ARPA-sponsored crisis lists, presents technical information concerning the coding schemes employed in the project, and provides comparisons of the major U.S. crisis data bases to support the analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 30, 1978
Accession Number
ADA055790

Entities

People

  • Richard Clayberg
  • Robert B. Mahoney Jr.

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • Business Analytics
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.