Soviet Attitudes Toward Carter's 1977 Strategic Weapons Decisions.

Abstract

After first presenting an overview of the Soviet perception of President Carter, this memorandum examines the Soviet reaction to several of President Carter's 1977 strategic weapons decisions. The author concludes that the Kremlin's reactions to those decisions were conditioned by a number of factors including legitimate Soviet security concerns, the availability or nonavailability of roughly comparable systems within the Soviet arsenal, and, from the Soviet perspective, a resurgence of 'reactionary elements' within the US political arena. He asserts that, in certain respects, the American decisions may have influenced the Soviet leadership to be more pliable in its bargaining positions, but have also opened possibilities for additional spirals in the strategic arms race. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063722

Entities

People

  • Daniel S. Papp

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Bargaining
  • Bombs
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies