Engaging the enemy : organization theory and Soviet military innovation, 1955-1991 /
Did a ""doctrine race"" exist alongside the much-publicized arms competition between East and West? Using recent insights from organization theory, Kimberly Marten Zisk answers this question in the affirmative. Zisk challenges the standard portrayal of Soviet military officers as...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1993.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74819 |
| Summary: | Did a ""doctrine race"" exist alongside the much-publicized arms competition between East and West? Using recent insights from organization theory, Kimberly Marten Zisk answers this question in the affirmative. Zisk challenges the standard portrayal of Soviet military officers as bureaucratic actors wedded to the status quo: she maintains that when they were confronted by a changing external security environment, they reacted by producing innovative doctrine. The author's extensive evidence is drawn from newly declassified Soviet military journals, and from her interviews with retired high- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400813980 9781400813988 9780691069821 0691069824 1282751719 9781282751712 9786612751714 6612751711 1400820936 9781400820931 1400808979 9781400808977 |