Analyzing Soviet Strategic Arms Decisions - 9780367017514

Taylor & Francis

This book provides a framework for determining where we are and where we can go in analyzing Soviet strategic arms behavior. Dr. Spielmann presents three approaches that might be pursued in examining individual Soviet strategic arms decisions. > 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 > Other Titles of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction -- Three Decision-making Perspectives -- Perspective I: Rational Strategic Actor Decision Making -- Perspective II: Pluralistic Decision Making -- Perspective III: National Leadership Decision Making -- The Soviet Defense Decision-making Environment -- The Broader Context of Soviet Strategic Arms Decision Making -- The Dual Role of Pluralim