Russian strategic modernization : the past and future
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Russian strategic modernization : the past and future
（The Soviet bloc and after）
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000
- : cloth
- : pbk.
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780847694662
Description
This unique analysis of Soviet and Russian defense affairs provides an authoritative and thoroughly documented assessment from a former Soviet foreign policy insider. As an active and informed participant, Sokov's discussion of the evolution of the Soviet and Russian strategic posture offers fascinating and illuminating firsthand insights into Soviet weapons systems, elite decisionmaking, and bureaucratic politics during both the Soviet and Russian periods. The book thus casts light not merely on the development of the Soviet ICBM and SLBM programs, but on a much broader spectrum of issues linked to Soviet and Russian security policy formulation. With its combination of informed analysis and use of new documentation, this work will be invaluable for all concerned with U.S.-Russian strategic relations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Table of Designatoins for Soviet/Russian Strategic Ballistic Missiles Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 I: Past Chapter 6 1 An Unintended Posture Chapter 7 2 Arms Control Talks and the Shaping of the New Posture Chapter 8 3 A Leap over Stages of Development Chapter 9 II: Future Chapter 10 4 Modernization of the Russian Nuclear Triad Chapter 11 5 The Nuclear Debate Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13 Index Chapter 14 About the Author
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: pbk. ISBN 9780847694679
Description
This invaluable study provides a unique insider's view of the history of Soviet and Russian policy on nuclear weapons modernization and charts the future evolution of the Russian strategic arsenal. Using information that has only recently become available and introducing new, previously unknown data, Sokov concludes that the most important force behind the evolution of the Soviet and Russian strategic arsenal was the military itself, which sought to increase strategic stability by enhancing the survivability of weapons systems. The highly destabilizing posture of the 1970s and 1980s was, he argues, in a sense 'accidental,' resulting from the failure of several R&D programs and specific features of the Soviet decisionmaking mechanism. The author demonstrates that the role of such factors as the economic crisis, U.S. modernization programs, and general Russian foreign policy goals has been exaggerated by Western analysts. No matter how hard-pressed, Russia will hold to its current plans, Sokov argues. At the same time, the military will be unlikely to engage in a new arms buildup even if the economic situation improves or a nationalist government comes to power. Instead, stability will be sought through better quality of weapons at progressively lower levels. Introducing a wealth of new information on Soviet and Russian national security policymaking, the author explores in meticulous detail such key issues as decisions on weapons development, arms-control negotiations, and the handling of the Soviet nuclear arsenal after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The reader will be able to follow the debates and intrigues between military planners, diplomats, and weapons designers as they clashed over the choice of acquisition programs and negotiating positions. With its combination of informed analysis and use of new documentation, this work will be invaluable for all concerned with U.S.-Russian strategic relations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Table of Designatoins for Soviet/Russian Strategic Ballistic Missiles Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 I: Past Chapter 6 1 An Unintended Posture Chapter 7 2 Arms Control Talks and the Shaping of the New Posture Chapter 8 3 A Leap over Stages of Development Chapter 9 II: Future Chapter 10 4 Modernization of the Russian Nuclear Triad Chapter 11 5 The Nuclear Debate Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13 Index Chapter 14 About the Author
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