ABSTRACT
The importance to Western policymakers of determining the significance of Soviet strategic arms decisions is matched by the difficulty of doing so. The high stakes involved and, in many cases, the inadequacy of evidence can all too easily lead to generalizations that rest more on passionate conviction than on accepted principles of scholarly inquir
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|29 pages
Three Decision-making Perspectives
part 2|23 pages
The Soviet Defense Decision-making Environment
part 3|17 pages
Implications for the Present
part 4|55 pages
Multiple Approaches and Future Analyses