Gorbachev And His Generals: The Reform Of Soviet Military Doctrine

This book investigates the debate over Soviet military doctrine and changes in civil-military relations in the Soviet Union since 1985. One of Gorbachev's greatest challenges is to apply "new thinking" to the military sphere. Under this rubric such phrases as "reasonable sufficiency", and "reliable defence" are used by Soviet military leadership t

William C. Green is Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University and the author of the book Soviet Nuclear Weapons Policy: A Research and Bibliographic Guide (1987).

Theodore Karasik is a Staff Member in the Political Science Department of the RAND Corporation and a Research Associate at the Center for Russian and Soviet Studies in Monterey, California. He is the author of articles on Soviet politics and specializes in leadership analysis.