Soviet Military Decisionmaking
A Framework for Analysis
Published 1980
This Note explores Soviet decisionmaking on behalf of those with a special interest in the long-term directions of Soviet military policy. Consequently, it approaches the topic from a different perspective and introduces a methodology derived from an analysis of cognitive processes. Using this methodology, it then identifies a structured decisionmaking process based on some novel insights about Soviet decisionmaking and the special political-military relationship that accompanies it.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 1980
- Pages: 50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: N-1515-AF
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