Military Dimensions of Communist Systems

Abstract

This study examines the relative tendencies of Communist and non- Communist nations to develop or overdeveloped their military dimensions, compared with other nations and with the development of their own civil sectors. The four military dimensions are spending burden, manpower, proportion, sophistication or overall levels of military and civil technology, and civil- military relations. The analysis is based on a sample of 26 Communist nations and 63 non-Communist nations, and covers the period 1966-1983. The authors conclude that Communist systems display greater development of military dimensions than do non-Communist systems, and greater development of military dimensions than their own nonmilitary ones. Keywords: Communist countries; Government; Communism; Military budgets; Military forces(Foreign).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA219379

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Zycher
  • Tad Daley

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Communist Countries
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • International Relations
  • Middle East
  • Military Budgets
  • Motivation
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Political Systems
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies