How much power does the Soviet military exert on the politics of
the Kremlin? This is one of the most controversial questions in the
study of the Soviet Union, here addressed by eight top Western
specialists on Soviet politics and security policy. While the
authors assert that the civil-military relationship has been less
turbulent than often believed, they also point out that Gorbachev's
reforms threaten the system of buffers that have until now shielded
the military-industrial world from disruption and change.
Introduced by Timothy Colton's essay, "Perspectives on
Civil-Military Relations," the volume discusses civil-military
relations in relation to political change (Bruce Parrott), the KGB
(Amy Knight), resource stringency and civil-military resource
allocation (Robert Campbell), the defense industry (Julian Cooper),
response to technological challenge (Thane Gustafson), social
change (Ellen Jones), and consequences of external expansion (Bruce
D. Porter). Gustafson has written a concluding chapter, "Toward a
Crisis in Civil-Military Relations?"
Originally published in 1990.
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