Jiri Valenta and William C. Potter

Preface William G. Hyland Introduction Jiri Valenta and William C. Potter Part 1. Conceptualising Soviet National Security Decision-Making 1. Modelling Soviet Defence Decision-Making Arthur J. Alexander 2. The Stalinist Legacy in Soviet National Security Decision-Making Vernon V. Aspaturian 3. The Politics of Defence in the Soviet Union: Brezhnev's Era Dimitri K. Simes Part 2. The Military and Soviet National Security Decision-Making 4. The Historical Legacy in Soviet Weapons Development Jerry F. Hough 5. Defence R&D Policy-Making in the USSR Ellen Jones 6. The Soviet Military and SALT Raymond L. Garthoff Part 3. Soviet Foreign Policy Decision-Making 7. Soviet Decision-Making on Czechoslovakia, 1968 Jiri Valenta 8. Soviet Decision-Making in the Yom Kippur War, 1973 Galia Golan 9. Soviet Decision-Making on Afghanistan, 1979 Jiri Valenta 10. Risk Aversion in Soviet Decision-Making Dennis Ross Part 4. Summary and Outlook 11. Soviet National Security Decision-Making: What Do We Know and What Do We Understand? Stephen M. Meyer 12. The Study of Soviet Decision-Making for National Security: What Is To Be Done? William C. Potter

This book, first published in 1984, analyses the critically important Cold War issue of the Soviet national security decision-making process dealing with weapons acquisition, arms control and the application of military force. It conceptualises Soviet decision-making for national security from Stalinist antecedents to 1980s modes.