Soviet Strategic Doctrine: Toward an Effective Military Posture.
Abstract
The thesis of this work is that Soviet strategic doctrine, as it was transformed during the Brezhnev regime, has brought about a military posture which provides not only a credible deterrent value, but also an effective defensive value. It attempts to strike a balance between deterrence and actual war performance value without an overreliance on one or the other. The former supports the foreign policy of peaceful coexistence, while the latter, in conjunction with peaceful coexistence, provides for the security of national interests. Soviet strategic doctrine gives the Soviet Union the capability to respond to various levels of threats, while maintaining its self-proclaimed roles as the 'pillar of world peace' and the leader of the world socialist revolutionary movement. It is based on the image and conduct of future war and the threat this poses to Soviet national security; it is not based on the political utility of war, or the initiation of war as an instrument of policy. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 26, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA056215
Entities
People
- Philip P. Scianna