Nuclear Predicament
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Anniversary
arms race
arms race analysis
Author_Stephen Shenfield
Capitalist militarism
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Central Committee Apparatus
Central Committee International Department
cold war
Cold War ideology
communism
Confrontation Perspectives
East West Detente
East West Relations
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Gorbachev
Held
ideological responses to nuclear conflict
Inclined
Interdependence Perspectives
international security
international security theory
Main Political Administration
Mankind
Military Expenditure
military policy
Nuclear Disarmament
nuclear war
peace studies
socialism
socialism versus capitalism
Soviet Ideology
Soviet Military
Soviet policy-making
Soviet political thought
UN
Unstable
USA
USA Institute
USSR
Vadim Zagladin
West Germany
Western Ruling Class
Product details
- ISBN 9780367543259
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Ideological debate is one component of the intellectual background to Soviet policy-making. Originally published in 1987, this paper explores how Soviet writers wrestle with the challenge to their ideology that is posed by the threat of nuclear war. What, for example, is the relationship between the values of peace and of socialism? What drives the arms race? Is capitalism inherently militaristic, or is a demilitarized capitalism conceivable? Is the outcome of history predetermined or open? It is shown that the range of permissible views is wider than often assumed, and that the constraints of Soviet ideology do not exclude evolution towards a more cooperative approach to international security.
Stephen Shenfield
