This book examines the impact of American perceptions of the
military balance between the United States and the Soviet Union
during the key period of 1976-1985.
That decade witnessed the decline of the US-Soviet detente and
the resurgence of superpower confrontation, often called the
'Second Cold War'. Among the factors contributing to this shift was
the American view of the military balance - whether the United
States had been or was being overtaken by the Soviet Union in terms
of military capability. Since then, the military balance has been
viewed within the overall context of issues impacting superpower
relations during this era. David Walsh examines the full range of
issues - strategic and European-based forces, power-projection
capabilities, and military spending - and their role in shaping
perceptions, not just of the military balance but also in such key
areas of international relations as arms control, trans-Atlantic
diplomacy and Third World conflict. In doing so, he shows how the
perceptions of the 1970s contributed to key policy decisions in the
1980s, which themselves played a significant role in bringing the
Cold War to an end.
The Military Balance in the Cold War will be of interest to
advanced students of Cold War history, strategic studies, US
foreign policy and international relations in general.
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