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World Communism at the Crossroads

Military Ascendancy, Political Economy, and Human Welfare

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Steven Rosefielde

    1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Steven Rosefielde
      Pages 1-6

  3. Military Ascendancy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Soviet Military Objectives and Capabilities in the 1980s

      • Patrick Parker
      Pages 9-35

    3. Real Soviet Arms Procurement Expenditures, 1960–1978

      • Steven Rosefielde
      Pages 36-54

    4. Soviet Nuclear Targeting Strategy and Salt

      • William Lee
      Pages 55-88

    5. The Soviet-Cuban Intervention in Angola

      • Jiri Valenta
      Pages 89-105

    6. A New Strategy for NATO

      • James Leutze
      Pages 106-127

  5. Human Welfare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Kantorovich and Production Planning

      • Edward Ames
      Pages 237-259

    3. The Theory and Practice of Self-Management

      • Jaroslav Vanek, Christopher Gunn
      Pages 260-272

    4. Decentralized Economic Control in the Soviet Union and Maoist China

      • Steven Rosefielde, Henry Latané
      Pages 273-304

    5. Morality and Pragmatism in the Superpower Relationship

      • Dimitri Simes, Aileen Masterson
      Pages 305-320

  6. Closing Observations

    1. Closing Observations

      • Steven Rosefielde
      Pages 321-323

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 325-334
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About this book

The collection of essays presented in this volume grew out of a series of lec­ tures given at the University of North Carolina during the academic year 1976-1977. The series was sponsored by the Soviet and East European Stud­ ies Program, which I chaired at the time, and the Curriculum of Peace, War and Defense, headed by James Leutze. In the ensuing years almost all the manuscripts have been redrafted at frequent intervals to reflect the changing state of knowledge in each respective discipline. The final version of the text that appears here is therefore the outcome of a long developmen­ tal process. It is up to date and embodies our individual views on world communism at the present juncture. Although the recent Soviet invasion of Afghanistan occurred shortly after this volume was completed, that event has not impaired the book's timeliness. The findings of Rosefielde, Lee, Valenta, and Leutze all point toward a resurgence of Soviet expansionism, and Parker explicitly predicted the Afghan invasion in the first draft of his essay, June 1978 (see p. 32).

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    Steven Rosefielde

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: World Communism at the Crossroads

  • Book Subtitle: Military Ascendancy, Political Economy, and Human Welfare

  • Editors: Steven Rosefielde

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7631-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-7633-8Published: 14 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7631-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 334

  • Topics: Political Theory, Economics, general

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