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arms control policy
Author_Jonathan Samuel Lockwood
ballistic missile defense impact
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Cold War analysis
deterrence theory
doctrine
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Flexible Response Doctrine
Jonathan Samuel Lockwood
Kathleen O'Brien Lockwood
Limited Nuclear War
LNO
massive
Massive Retaliation Doctrine
military power projection
Military Strategic Concepts
nuclear escalation dynamics
Nuclear Warfighting
Nuclear Warfighting Doctrine
Nuclear Warfighting Strategy
post-Soviet nuclear strategy perspectives
Preemptive Strike Strategy
retaliation
Soviet Analysts
Soviet Declaratory Deterrence
Soviet Declaratory Deterrence Strategy
Soviet Desinformatsiya
Soviet ICBM
Soviet Military
Soviet Strategic Doctrine
Soviet Strategic Power
strategic
Strategic Air Power
Strategic Doctrine
Strategic Nuclear
Strategic Nuclear War
Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Voennaia Mysl
Voenno Istoricheskii Zhurnal
Product details
- ISBN 9781138538382
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Nov 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Soviet perceptions of U.S. strategy remained remarkably consistent from the post-Stalin period through the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union itself. The consistency of the Soviet tendency to engage in the 'mirror-image' fallacy in their analyses of U.S. doctrine and strategic intentions has profound implications for the future relationship of the U.S. and the now-independent republics. This authoritative volume analyzes the Soviet/Russian perspectives of U.S. strategic evolution from the declaration of the 'massive retaliation' doctrine of 1954 through the Soviet collapse of 1991.The Soviets considered the growth of their strategic nuclear arsenal as the main factor giving them political leverage over U.S. foreign policy and predicted that a defense policy based on strategic defense would be the most effective deterrent from a Soviet perspective. Now the Russian military and political leadership places a high value on strategic nuclear forces in terms of political leverage and prestige.Building upon a wide variety of international sources, the Lockwoods offer a penetrating assessment of how the present Russian perspective will affect political relationships, not only with the U.S. and the West, but also among the independent republics. This factor will become ever more critical as they vie for decentralized versus unified control of what was the Soviet nuclear arsenal under the shadow of the collapsing economies. The authors also introduce a new theory concerning the future impact of ballistic missile defense on operational warfare in light of the U.S. experience in Operation Desert Storm. The Russian View of U.S. Strategy provides a comprehensive historical context and an up-to-date appraisal of an uncertain and potentially volatile development in U.S.-Russian relations. It will be of interest to historians, policymakers, and military analysts.
