02284cam a2200409 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020001500081027002100096035002000117037001100137040001900148043001200167050002200179100003400201245007600235264003700311300002600348336002600374337002600400337002800426338003600454338002700490500001900517500005000536504004100586520085500627530005801482588004701540650004401587651003501631710005401666710002201720710007301742856005901815rnd000000000047764RAND920212s1990    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a   91142976  a0833010875  aRAND/R-3939-USDP  a(Sirsi) a188987  c$25.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  ae-ur---00aUA770b.L338 19901 aLambeth, Benjamin S.eauthor.10aIs Soviet defense policy becoming civilianized? /cBenjamin S. Lambeth. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1990.  axv, 71 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"August 1990."  a"National Defense Research Institute"--Cover.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aSince Mikhail Gorbachev assumed power in 1985, aspiring players from outside the military have sought to influence the Soviet defense decisionmaking process. As a result, there has been a significant erosion of the monopoly held by the Defense Ministry and the General Staff in formulating Soviet military programs and policy. This report examines the changing structure and context of Soviet defense decisionmaking, emphasizing the growing role of civilians in shaping Soviet national security policy. If these defense intellectuals and other civilians succeed, it may or may not mean an end to the historic competition between the Soviet Union and the West. It will, however, guarantee that any relationship that eventually emerges will entail a more cosmopolitan Soviet adversary and a major alteration in the geopolitical challenge it represents.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aCivil-military relationszSoviet Union. 0aSoviet UnionxMilitary policy.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/R3939/