Mailed Fist, Velvet Glove: Soviet Armed Forces as a Political Instrument. Executive Summary

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to determine the historical record of the use of Soviet armed forces as a political instrument since the Second World War; to gain an understanding of the USSR's readiness to use military power in the pursuit of foreign policy objectives and the willingness of the Soviet leaders to accept risks in doing so; to evaluate the utility of political-military operations to Soviet interests and foreign policy goals; and to realize the implications of this Soviet behavior for U.S. interests and American foreign and defense policies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073951

Entities

People

  • Alvin Z. Rubinstein
  • Colin Legum
  • David K. Hall
  • Donald S. Zagoria
  • Janet D. Zagoria
  • Michel Tatu
  • Paul Jabber
  • Roman Kolkowicz
  • Stephen S. Kaplan
  • Thomas W. Robinson
  • William Zimmerman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Diplomacy
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • Foreign Policy
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels
  • Political Science
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies