TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lambeth,Benjamin S.
ED  - Project Air Force (U.S.)
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - Risk and uncertainty in Soviet deliberations about war
SN  - 0833003542
AV  - UA770 .L334 1981
PY  - 1981///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Defenses
KW  - Military policy
N1  - "October 1981."; "Project Air Force"; Includes bibliographical references; Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - Surveys the elements of risk, uncertainty, and unpredictability that might moderate Soviet behavior and undermine the confidence with which Soviet decisionmakers would consider entering into a major military engagement with the United States.  Although the report does not question the substantial threat implications of Soviet force improvements that have been under way in recent years, it does describe certain realities of Soviet style and leadership concern about possible Soviet military inadequacies that make the more ominous features of Soviet doctrine and force development appear somewhat less alarming.  The analysis is based on a combination of evidence suggested by past Soviet crisis behavior, information offered in Soviet literature concerning troop management and training, and inferences from known or suspected Soviet political practices, organizational characteristics, and operational concerns
UR  - http://www.rand.org/publications/R/R2687/
ER  -