Soviet News and Propaganda Highlights from Red Star (The Official Newspaper of the Soviet Defense Establishment) for the Period 1-30 April 1981.

Abstract

During April 1981 Soviet rhetoric highlighted and exploited propaganda themes related to: the activities of United States Rapid Deployment Forces; expansion and deployment of tactical and strategic nuclear weapon systems; and United States aid and military assistance to the Junta in El Salvador. The data in this report reflects Soviet print media emphasis and propaganda trends for 23 months -- June 1979 to April 1981. Almost 24,000 feature stories and news items were analyzed. The main purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an overview of Soviet rhetoric and propaganda themes directed to Russian military forces during April 1981. This report contains a summary of the propaganda themes from the Russian language newspaper Red Star.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104397

Entities

Organizations

  • Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • El Salvador
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Green Berets
  • International Organizations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Warfare
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Psychological Warfare
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Tactical Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.