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      The Military Balance in the Cold War
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      The Military Balance in the Cold War

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      US Perceptions and Policy, 1976-85

      The Military Balance in the Cold War

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      The Military Balance in the Cold War book

      US Perceptions and Policy, 1976-85
      ByDavid Walsh
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1999
      eBook Published 23 July 2007
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203946312
      Pages 304
      eBook ISBN 9780429241758
      Subjects Area Studies, Humanities, Politics & International Relations
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      Walsh, D. (1999). The Military Balance in the Cold War: US Perceptions and Policy, 1976-85 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203946312

      ABSTRACT

      This book examines the impact of American perceptions of the military balance between the United States and the Soviet Union during the key period of 1976-1985. That decade witnessed the decline of the US-Soviet d nte and the resurgence of superpower confrontation, often called theSecond Cold War. Among the factors contributing to this shift was

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |12 pages

      Introduction

      part |2 pages

      PART I Strategic forces

      chapter 1|27 pages

      The counterforce doctrine

      chapter 2|21 pages

      Protracted nuclear war

      chapter 3|26 pages

      Of shelters and Star Wars

      part |2 pages

      PART II The balance in Europe

      chapter 4|18 pages

      The nuclear balance

      chapter 5|20 pages

      Conventional forces

      part |2 pages

      PART III Power projection

      chapter 6|22 pages

      The naval balance

      chapter 7|20 pages

      Forces for rapid deployment

      part |2 pages

      PART IV Defense spending

      chapter 8|20 pages

      The expenditure debate

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