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Soldiers and the Soviet State - Civil-Military Relations from Brezhnev to Gorbachev (Paperback) Loot Price: R2,002
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Soldiers and the Soviet State - Civil-Military Relations from Brezhnev to Gorbachev (Paperback): Timothy J. Colton, Thane...

Soldiers and the Soviet State - Civil-Military Relations from Brezhnev to Gorbachev (Paperback)

Timothy J. Colton, Thane Gustafson

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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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.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Release date: June 2014
First published: 1990
Editors: Timothy J. Colton • Thane Gustafson
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-60825-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
LSN: 0-691-60825-3
Barcode: 9780691608259

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