Nuclear Predicament - Explorations in Soviet Ideology

Ideological debate is one component of the intellectual background to Soviet policy-making. Originally published in 1987, this paper explores how Soviet writers wrestle with the challenge to their ideology that is posed by the threat of nuclear war.

List of contents

Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction 2. The Consequences of Nuclear War 3. The Communist Goal Under Threat 4. Peace and the Correlation of Forces 5. The Orthodoxy in Crisis 6. The Value of Peace 7. Capitalism and Militarism 8. Interdependence and Global Problems 9. Whither the Correlation of Forces? 10. Assessment of Political Weights 11. Connections with Policy 12. Implications for the West. Notes. List of the Most Important Soviet Works. Glossary of the Most Important Soviet Authors.

Summary

Ideological debate is one component of the intellectual background to Soviet policy-making. Originally published in 1987, this paper explores how Soviet writers wrestle with the challenge to their ideology that is posed by the threat of nuclear war.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Shenfield
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367543259
• ISBN: 978-0-367-54325-9
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education