ABSTRACT
In the Warsaw Pact the primary function of Soviet military doctrine is to prevent Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia from adopting military doctrines of territorial defense similar to those of Romania and Yugoslavia. The Yugoslavs and the Romanians reject both the theory and practice of the principal military-technical components of Soviet doctrine in favor of doctrines of territorial defense. The military-economic policies of Yugoslavia and Romania emphasize domestic production of small and medium-sized arms and limited purchase of Western and Chinese weapons, and transport and reconnaissance equipment. Soviet theorists claim that the military-political component is the more decisive component of military doctrine. The Soviets have not maintained a monopoly on this military-political axiom.
