Soldiers and the Soviet State: Civil-Military Relations from Brezhnev to Gorbachev

Published by Princeton University Press 1990

Soldiers and the Soviet State

Civil-Military Relations from Brezhnev to Gorbachev

Edited by: Timothy J. Colton and Thane Gustafson

Volume 1125 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400861422

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How much power does the Soviet military exert on the politics of the Kremlin? This is one of the most controversial questions in the study of the Soviet Union, here addressed by eight top Western specialists on Soviet politics and security policy. While the authors assert that the civil-military relationship has been less turbulent than often believed, they also point out that Gorbachev's reforms threaten the system of buffers that have until now shielded the military-industrial world from disruption and change.

Introduced by Timothy Colton's essay, "Perspectives on Civil-Military Relations," the volume discusses civil-military relations in relation to political change (Bruce Parrott), the KGB (Amy Knight), resource stringency and civil-military resource allocation (Robert Campbell), the defense industry (Julian Cooper), response to technological challenge (Thane Gustafson), social change (Ellen Jones), and consequences of external expansion (Bruce D. Porter). Gustafson has written a concluding chapter, "Toward a Crisis in Civil-Military Relations?"

Originally published in 1990.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables and Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
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One. Perspectives on Civil-Military Relations in the Soviet Union Timothy J. Cohort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Two. Political Change and Civil-Military Relations Bruce Parrott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Three. The KGB and Civil-Military Relations Amy Knight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Four. Resource Stringency and Civil-Military Resource Allocation Robert Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Five. The Defense Industry and Civil-Military Relations Julian Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Six. The Response to Technological Challenge Thane Gustafson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Seven. Social Change and Civil-Military Relations Ellen Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Eight. The Military Abroad: Internal Consequences of External Expansion Bruce D. Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Nine. Conclusions: Toward a Crisis in Civil-Military Relations? Thane Gustafson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334
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