The Soviet Union
Subtitle: Security Policies and Constraints (Adelphi Library)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780312749019
Subjects: General; Military Science; Politics - Current Events; Decision making; Military Policy; National security; Soviet Union
Description: "Under communism, the power of the state is still being bolstered and the state is swelling up. The people are not growing lean, but not fat either, due to exorbitant demands made by the military on the resources of the state. In part also the rigidity of, and lack of incentives provided by centralized economic planning are stultifying growth and tending to impose quite painful choices on the Soviet leadership at a time when that leadership seems weak and uncertain ..."--Introduction.