Measuring military power : the Soviet air threat to Europe
Joshua M. Epstein
Bok · 1984
| Utgitt | Princeton/ N.J. : Princeton University Press , 1984
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| Omfang | 288s.
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| Opplysninger | Bibliografi s. 265-280 Sammendrag: Joshua M. Epstein argues that prevailing assumptions about the East- West balance of power rest on erroneous measures of military strength. He develops a method for analyzing military capabilities and applies that general procedure to the Soviet tactical air threat to NATO.. - Chapter I. Problems of U.S. Tactical Air Force Modernization -- Chapter II. Soviet Weapons Design and the Relative Nature of the "Gold-Plating" Problem -- Chapter III. Soviet Efficiency on the Ground -- Chapter IV. Soviet Effectiveness in the Air -- Chapter V. The Art of War and the Craft of Threat Assessment -- Chapter VI. Soviet Capabilities and Soviet Doctrine -- Appendices -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
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| ISBN | 0-691-07671-5
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