TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oudenaren,John van
ED  - Project Air Force (U.S.)
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - Soviet policy toward Western Europe: objectives, instruments, results 
SN  - 0833006789 (pbk.)
AV  - D1065.S65 V36 1986
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Arms control
KW  - Europe
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - 1975-1985
KW  - Military policy
N1  - "February 1986."; "Project Air Force"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - This report analyzes the objectives, instruments, and achievements of Soviet policy toward Western Europe.  It focuses on the mechanisms used by the Soviet Union to pursue its objectives in Europe, including diplomacy, military power, arms control, the West European Communist parties, ties with the non-Communist left, propaganda, and trade. The author concludes that the Soviet Union has achieved mixed results in its policy toward Western Europe. While it has succeeded in helping to consolidate postwar gains, Soviet policy has not yet made a dramatic breakthrough toward its stated objective of fostering a system of "collective security" in Europe.  Nevertheless, there is little evidence to suggest that failure to achieve these maximal goals has led the Soviets to rethink their objectives or lower their expectations
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3310/
ER  -