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050 4 _aE183.8.S65
_bV36 1982
100 1 _aOudenaren, John van.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aU.S. leadership perceptions of the Soviet problem since 1945 /
_cJohn Van Oudenaren.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1982.
300 _axi, 71 pages ;
_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"March 1982."
500 _aThis research was conducted under RAND's National Security Research Division.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aFor 35 years the Soviet Union has presented American political leaders with their most difficult foreign policy and defense problems. Throughout this period the Soviet Union, like other countries, has undergone constant change. Although this change has worked to reshape the perceptions of American leaders, it has not ended an ongoing debate in the United States about the "essential character" of the Soviet system and appropriate U.S. policies for dealing with the USSR. There remains no consensus on a long-term American strategy for dealing with the Soviet Union. In an effort to probe the roots of the ongoing dissension in the U.S. foreign policy community regarding Soviet policy, this report analyzes the three early postwar alternatives--termination by accommodation, termination by victory, and long-term management--and shows how the early debates on these alternatives influenced subsequent American policy thinking. In addition, the report suggests some of the underlying reasons why a termination approach appealed to those who were confronted for the first time with the Soviet problem, and why, despite the standoff of the past 35 years, termination continues to exert a residual appeal for both elites and the general public.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations administration.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSoviet Union.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
_bNational Security Research Division.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense.
_bDirector of Net Assessment.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2843/
999 _c600172
_d600172