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020 _a0833002732 (pbk.)
027 _aRAND/R-2579-AF
035 _a(Sirsi) a188038
037 _c$20.00
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_b.L36 1980
100 1 _aLambeth, Benjamin S.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSoviet strategic conduct and the prospects for stability /
_cBenjamin S. Lambeth.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1980.
300 _aix, 15 pages ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"December 1980."
500 _aThis research was conducted under RAND's Project Air Force.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThroughout the past decade, the Soviets have refused to entertain SALT proposals that would require the Soviet Union to become an active partner in increasing its own vulnerabilities. They have also revealed a penchant for immoderate levels of arms acquisition, which raises disturbing questions about their willingness to settle for a strategic posture "essentially equivalent" to that of the United States. These features of Soviet strategic style constitute major obstacles in the path of achieving a cooperative solution to the security dilemma traditionally espoused by Western theories of mutual assured destruction. If the United States is to endure as a respectable player in the strategic arms competition, it will have to begin imposing measures conducive to stability through a strategy that appeals primarily to Soviet sensitivities, rather than to the doubtful prospect of eventual Soviet convergence with the preferred concepts of the West.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aDeterrence (Strategy)
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xMilitary policy.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.)
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2579/
999 _c599818
_d599818