War and Peace in the North: Some Political Implications of the Changing Military Situation in Northern Europe.

Abstract

This report discloses the viewpoint of a political scientist who concentrates his attention on the antecedents and consequences of naval operations in general, and those of the Soviet navy in particular. The authors logic suggests that one should address the problem in terms of six not-quite-mutually-exclusive questions: (1) How a war in Europe might start -- to give the necessary structure to the second subject; (2) How the Soviets might fight such a war; (3) The preparations they appear to have made to do so; (4) The manner in which they exploit those preparations in peacetime; (5) The problems those intentions, capabilities and actions cause for the West; and (6) What the West can -- and in certain instances should -- do about it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077838

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Weinland

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Europe
  • Fleet Exercises
  • Force Structure
  • Middle East
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Northern Europe
  • Peacetime
  • Stereolithography
  • Submarine Launched
  • Submarines
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design