02617cam a2200421 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020001500081027002100096035002000117037001100137040001900148043001200167050002100179100002800200245010600228264003700334300004400371336002600415337002600441337002800467338003600495338002700531500005000558504005400608520108700662530005801749588004701807650003301854650003701887650003301924700003001957710005401987710002202041710007302063856005902136rnd000000000047784RAND920212s1991    caua     b    000 0 eng d  a   91178571  a0833010840  aRAND/R-3982-USDP  a(Sirsi) a189007  c$30.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  ae-ur---00aUA770b.H56 19911 aHines, John G.eauthor.10aDefense and counteroffensive under the new Soviet military doctrine /cJohn G. Hines, Donald Mahoney. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1991.  axi, 125 pages :billustrations ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"National Defense Research Institute"--Cover.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 115-125).  aThis report presents an examination of the reorientation in Soviet operational concepts for fighting a conventional war in Europe brought on by changes in their military doctrine between 1987 and 1989. The Soviet military's new concepts for large-scale defensive actions are assessed according to three analytical criteria: the role of reserves and second echelons, use of fire assets, and the balance between positional and maneuver forms of combat. In so doing, this study endeavors to determine whether and to what extent the emerging Soviet strategy for the initial period of a war is unambiguously "defensive."  Next, concepts for the counteroffensive phase are assessed, with an emphasis on the indeterminacy and vagueness apparent in current discussions by Soviet theorists. The authors focus heavily on the linkage between political exigencies and the General Staff's deliberations, and emphasize the role of Soviet threat assessments in the current evolution of military art.  Military Thought, the General Staff's theoretical journal, is the primary source for this study.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aDefensive (Military science) 0aMilitary doctrinezSoviet Union. 0aOffensive (Military science)1 aMahoney, Donald.eauthor.2 aInternational Security and Defense Policy Center.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3982/