The Indirect Approach in the Cold War

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the use of the indirect approach by Cold War belligerents as a means to accomplish their war aims. To address this issue, one must begin with the following assumptions: (1) the origins of the Cold War stemmed not only from fundamental differences between ideologies, but also from deeply rooted historical notions held by the belligerents about their opponents (2) that national statesmen consciously and logically applied some type or types of strategy to achieve war objectives (3) that the Cold War has ended (4) that one side or the other emerged as the "Victor."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 1990
Accession Number
ADA437804

Entities

People

  • Jim Fry

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Cold War
  • Conventional Capabilities
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • Europe
  • Human Rights
  • Information Operations
  • International Organizations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Panama Canal
  • Political Systems
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.