Jacobsen Strategic Power

United States of America and the U.S.S.R.
1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-1-349-20574-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 519 Seiten, eBook

This book highlights the impact and relevance of "strategic culture". Each section contains essays contrasting United States and Soviet perceptions on specific topics. Each section closes with a synthesizing commentary, to help readers to get a better sense of differences and similarities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobsen, Carl G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Strategic culture in theory and practice: the concept of strategic culture - Caveat Emptor; American national style and strategic culture; Soviet strategic culture; US perceptions of Soviet threat; Soviet perception of US threat; United States strategic policy since 1945; Soviet strategic policy since 1945; the concept of strategic culture affirmed. Part 2 Comparative concepts: the US approach to deterrence; US thinking about arms competition and arms control; the arms race and arms control - Soviet views; escallation/limited war - the US view; Soviet views of escalation/limited war; strategic stability/superiority; the US view; Soviet views on strategic stability/superiority; crisis management, the US approach; crisis management, the Soviet approach; strategic defence - USA; Soviet strategic and civil defence; comparative concepts - commentary. Part 3 Processes: decision-making in defence - the US case; decision-making in defence - the Soviet case; the economic dimension of defence - the United States; the economic dimension of Soviet security; the US military-industrial complex; Moscow's military-industrial complex; management of the defence industry - the United States; mangement of the defence industry - the Soviet Union; the United States and NATO; the impact of neighbours and allies, the Soviet case. Part 4 Use of force: American thinking in nucliar war; Soviet thinking in nuclear war; use of the military instrument short of war - the United States; use of the military instrument short of war, the Soviet Union. Part 5 Contemporary issues: the changing American strategic environment; the changing Soviet strategic environment; the US navy in the nuclear age; Soviet naval strategy; new thinking - the Western debate on strategy and security; new thinking in Soviet security policy; contemporary issues - some Soviet comments; management of contemporary issues - a Western commentary.