Epstein Measuring Military Power

The Soviet Air Threat to Europe
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5396-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 318 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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.

Originally published in 1984.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Epstein, Joshua M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Luftstreitkräfte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. iii
Contents, pg. ix
Figures, pg. xi
Acknowledgments, pg. xv
Note On Soviet Sources, pg. xvii
Preface, pg. xix
Introduction, pg. 1
Chapter I. Problems of U.S. Tactical Air Force Modernization, pg. 15
Chapter II. Soviet Weapons Design and the Relative Nature of the “Gold-Plating” Problem, pg. 43
Chapter III. Soviet Efficiency on the Ground, pg. 56
Chapter IV. Soviet Effectiveness in the Air, pg. 99
Chapter V. The Art of War and the Craft of Threat Assessment, pg. 131
Chapter VI. Soviet Capabilities and Soviet Doctrine, pg. 173
Appendices, pg. 189
Selected Bibliography, pg. 265
Index, pg. 285