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Originally published in 1987. In the debate over strategic defense,
the Soviet dimension has not been adequately examined. Dr.
Parrott's multifaceted discussion of the Soviet approach to
ballistic missile defense (BMD) admirably fills that gap. Based on
an analysis of Soviet statements and Soviet weaponry, the study
surveys Soviet perceptions of the shifting relationship between the
superpowers and the effect of BMD on that relationship. The author
then traces the evolution of Soviet policies toward ballistic
missile defense and the introduction of weapons into space. After
exploring the internal budgetary debates that will affect future
Soviet decisions on BMD and space systems, the book outlines Soviet
responses, political as well as military, to the Strategic Defense
Initiative and concludes with recommendations for U.S. policy
toward BMD and arms negotiations.
The Soviet Union, in the aftermath of the Brezhnev era, may well
stand at a crossroads in its history. According to the authors of
this volume, the Chernenko administration and the new generation of
political leaders now on the threshold of power must steer through
a difficult period in the USSR's international relations,
especially where the U.S. is concerned, continuing to assert what
they regard as the legitimate Soviet role as a world superpower
while coping with an inflexible and aging political system, a
stagnant economy, and growing social problems. The contributors
provide a careful consideration of the choices confronting the USSR
as this new era begins and analyze the paths its leaders may take
as they grapple with the challenges of the 1980s.
Originally published in 1987. In the debate over strategic defense,
the Soviet dimension has not been adequately examined. Dr.
Parrott's multifaceted discussion of the Soviet approach to
ballistic missile defense (BMD) admirably fills that gap. Based on
an analysis of Soviet statements and Soviet weaponry, the study
surveys Soviet perceptions of the shifting relationship between the
superpowers and the effect of BMD on that relationship. The author
then traces the evolution of Soviet policies toward ballistic
missile defense and the introduction of weapons into space. After
exploring the internal budgetary debates that will affect future
Soviet decisions on BMD and space systems, the book outlines Soviet
responses, political as well as military, to the Strategic Defense
Initiative and concludes with recommendations for U.S. policy
toward BMD and arms negotiations.
The Soviet Union, in the aftermath of the Brezhnev era, may well
stand at a crossroads in its history. According to the authors of
this volume, the Chernenko administration and the new generation of
political leaders now on the threshold of power must steer through
a difficult period in the USSR's international relations,
especially where the U.S. is concerned, continuing to assert what
they regard as the legitimate Soviet role as a world superpower
while coping with an inflexible and aging political system, a
stagnant economy, and growing social problems. The contributors
provide a careful consideration of the choices confronting the USSR
as this new era begins and analyze the paths its leaders may take
as they grapple with the challenges of the 1980s.
This book, which offers the work of a group of distinguished
contributors, is designed to clarify the bearing of the arms
control issue on the Sino-Soviet dispute and to suggest future
policy directions for the United States. Arms control and security
issues have been at the heart of much of Russian-Chinese
disagreement since the opening of the rift in the 1950's. This
book, which offers the work of a group of distinguished
contributors, is designed to clarify the bearing of the arms
control issue on the Sino-Soviet dispute and to suggest future
policy directions for the United States. Specifically, the
contributors seek to illuminate the security problems facing the
United States and to examine the prospects for arms control as they
are affected by conflict within the Communist world. Sino-Soviet
Relations and Arms Control begins with the observation that the
Soviet Union and Communist China use disarmament talk as a way of
pointing out issues of major importance in their dispute, of
competing for support within the third world and the Communist
bloc, and of expressing genuine disagreement over the fundamental
causes of the Sino-Soviet rift. The first section of the book deals
with the impact of the Sino-Soviet dispute on the arms control
policies of the Soviet Union, China, and the United States. The
authors argue that arms control is possible without China, that the
Chinese are unlikely to be interested in arms control agreements in
the near future, and that arms control could be of paramount
importance to relations among the three countries. Part II of the
book is a historical exploration of the interrelation between
specific arms control measures and the Sino-Soviet dispute. The
authors give the most detailed account yet available of Sino-Soviet
nuclear relations between 1957 and 1960 and document the extent to
which the quarrel has centered on military and security issues. The
role of the test ban in widening the Sino-Soviet rift is explored.
In Part III each author poses the same question: what would be the
nature of Sino-Soviet relations during a Washington-Peking crisis?
The first three chapters in this section answer the question from
the viewpoint of each country concerned; the last examines these
relations during the 1958 Quemoy crisis. Definitive information on
the events pertinent to the Sino-Soviet dispute of the 1950's and
early 1960's is rare; although it does not pretend to tell the
entire story, this book makes a significant contribution to the
body of knowledge on the evolution of the Sino-Soviet dispute. As a
learned, perceptive comment on the security problems created by the
dispute and on the possibilities for agreement that it presents,
Sino-Soviet Relations and Arms Control will have a wide audience
among political scientists, specialists in Sino-Soviet affairs, and
a lay public that recognizes the importance of this political
issue.
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