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The Soviet High Command, 1967-1989 : Personalities and Politics / Dale Roy Herspring.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1079Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1990Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (342 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691604268
  • 9781400861019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322.50947 20
LOC classification:
  • UA770
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- PART I. THE SETTING -- Chapter 1. The Methodological Framework -- Chapter 2. The Legacy of Khrushchev -- PART II. THE GRECHKO ERA, 1967-1976 -- Chapter 3. Grechko: The Early Years, 1967-1970 -- Chapter 4. Defending against the Politicians, 1971-1976 -- PART III. THE OGARKOV ERA, 1977-1984 -- Chapter 5. The New Team Takes Over, 1977-1980 -- Chapter 6. Ogarkov in Opposition, 1981-1984 -- PART IV. THE AKHROMEYEV ERA, 1984-1988 -- Chapter 7. New Approaches to Military Issues, 1984- 1988 -- PART V. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE -- Chapter 8. Gorbachev and the Soviet High Comman -- Appendix: Biographies of the Key Personalities -- Index
Summary: The recent transformations in the USSR are nowhere more evident than in the Soviet military. Top-level military officers have been relieved of their positions, Gorbachev has warned of lean times for the military, the symbolic role of the armed forces has been downgraded, and the concept of "military sufficiency" points to major modifications in Soviet force structure. Contrary to some who see Gorbachev as a Sir Galahad out to slay the evil military high command, Dale Herspring concludes that the relationship between the highest Soviet political and military leaders is at the moment more symbiotic than conflictual. In this first in-depth study of the evolution of civil-military relations in the Soviet Union from 1967 to the present, he shows how the views of senior military officers have varied over time: currently, even if the members of the high command do not like all Gorbachev's changes, they understand the need for them and are prepared to live with them. As Herspring looks at the personalities and politics of eight top military figures, he reveals that the most important of them, Ogarkov, was the first senior Soviet military officer to understand the value of working with the political leadership. Ogarkov believed that the arms control and dtente processes, if carefully managed, could enhance the national security of the USSR. In Gorbachev, the Soviet military has found the type of individual that Ogarkov was seeking.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- PART I. THE SETTING -- Chapter 1. The Methodological Framework -- Chapter 2. The Legacy of Khrushchev -- PART II. THE GRECHKO ERA, 1967-1976 -- Chapter 3. Grechko: The Early Years, 1967-1970 -- Chapter 4. Defending against the Politicians, 1971-1976 -- PART III. THE OGARKOV ERA, 1977-1984 -- Chapter 5. The New Team Takes Over, 1977-1980 -- Chapter 6. Ogarkov in Opposition, 1981-1984 -- PART IV. THE AKHROMEYEV ERA, 1984-1988 -- Chapter 7. New Approaches to Military Issues, 1984- 1988 -- PART V. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE -- Chapter 8. Gorbachev and the Soviet High Comman -- Appendix: Biographies of the Key Personalities -- Index

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The recent transformations in the USSR are nowhere more evident than in the Soviet military. Top-level military officers have been relieved of their positions, Gorbachev has warned of lean times for the military, the symbolic role of the armed forces has been downgraded, and the concept of "military sufficiency" points to major modifications in Soviet force structure. Contrary to some who see Gorbachev as a Sir Galahad out to slay the evil military high command, Dale Herspring concludes that the relationship between the highest Soviet political and military leaders is at the moment more symbiotic than conflictual. In this first in-depth study of the evolution of civil-military relations in the Soviet Union from 1967 to the present, he shows how the views of senior military officers have varied over time: currently, even if the members of the high command do not like all Gorbachev's changes, they understand the need for them and are prepared to live with them. As Herspring looks at the personalities and politics of eight top military figures, he reveals that the most important of them, Ogarkov, was the first senior Soviet military officer to understand the value of working with the political leadership. Ogarkov believed that the arms control and dtente processes, if carefully managed, could enhance the national security of the USSR. In Gorbachev, the Soviet military has found the type of individual that Ogarkov was seeking.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

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