Some problems in Soviet-American war termination
Subtitle: cross/cultural asymmetries
By: by Robert B. Bathurst
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of National Security Affairs
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: CROSS CULTURE(SOCIOLOGY); WAR POTENTIAL; WARFARE
Other titles: NPS-56-88-028.
Description: The analysis of the process of war termination cannot be understood as a logical one.      Cultural preconceptions historically override logic in war. Cultural values manifest      themselves as signs and are conveyed through signals. An enormous problem is how to      interpret another culture's signals. This paper presents some of the major asymmetries in      theories of war and its termination between the U.S. and Soviet Union. It provides a kind      of checklist of dangerous misconceptions and their consequences. Applying some of the      concepts of political culture to the current state of Soviet military science, it predicts how      Soviet military thought will be affected by perestroyka. Using the same techniques, it      proposes, for purposes of war termination the creation of a shadow American politburo,      a trained group to mirror image
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"NPS-56-88-028."

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Includes bibliographical references.

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