ABSTRACT
The first school sees in the Soviet Union a relentlessly expansionist power whose goal is world domination. At the service of this goal is a combination of massive, ever-increasing military might, and of modern methods of subversion ranging from support for revolutionary wars to the worldwide training and use of terrorists. Soviet policies of civil and active defense are interpreted, in connection with the Soviet build-up of offensive weapons, as showing a willingness to plan for, and to risk, general war, if the losses resulting from such a war can be kept. The traditional nature of the quest for security has had three other effects. One is the important role played by the military in all decisions involving national security. Another has been the unwillingness to retreat from any of the territories conquered during World War II. The third effect is more paradoxical and complex.
