The Myth of Soviet Military Supremacy - Hardcover

Gervasi, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060155744 ISBN 13: 9780060155742

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1986

Synopsis

Questioning the necessity of the Reagan administration's program to rearm America, this study examines the balance of military power between the United States and the Soviet Union

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From Library Journal:

The Reagan administration has projected defense spending over the next four years at $2 trillion dollars (i.e., $2100 dollars per year for every man, woman, and child in America) on the grounds that the U.S. arsenal is inferior to the Soviet's and had suffered a decade of neglect. Gervasi examines in minute detail the balance of forces between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, in the strategic and conventional spheres (200 pages of appendixes cover strategic power, warheads, ground forces, tanks, ships, and planes). Gervasi provides evidence that President Reagan's claims have no basis in fact. Instead, he asserts that U.S. superiority has never been challenged. This book is for all those who wish to discuss seriously the growth of military hardware and the enormous cost the U.S. taxpayer bears to sustain it. Highly recommended. Richard B. Finnegan, Political Science Dept., Stonehill Coll., North Easton, Mass.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0060155744
• ISBN 13: 9780060155742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 545