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_b.H56 1991
100 1 _aHines, John G.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDefense and counteroffensive under the new Soviet military doctrine /
_cJohn G. Hines, Donald Mahoney.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1991.
300 _axi, 125 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"National Defense Research Institute"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 115-125).
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aDefensive (Military science)
650 0 _aMilitary doctrine
_zSoviet Union.
650 0 _aOffensive (Military science)
700 1 _aMahoney, Donald.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aInternational Security and Defense Policy Center.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3982/
999 _c597541
_d597541