The Soviet Military Under Gorbachev: Report on a RAND Workshop

Abstract

This report summarizes the proceedings of a RAND workshop on the state of the Soviet military, held in Oxnard, California, on June 16-17, 1989. It has been selectively updated to account for major developments through January 1990. The workshop was intended to produce an interim assessment of the effects on the military of the political, social, and economic trends unleashed by Mikhail Gorbachev and his program of perestroika and to evaluate prospects for the future. The workshop sessions were organized around brief introductory presentation by individual participants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADB168444

Entities

People

  • Alexander R. Alexiev
  • Robert C. Nurick

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Civil Defense
  • Defense Industry
  • Economic Systems
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

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