The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military MachineA leading expert draws on extensive European and American sources and numerous interviews to assess Soviet weapons design, procurement practices, and strategic policies and demonstrates the clear inferiority of the Soviet military machine |
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Contents
The Unfortunates | 31 |
Politics and the Professional Warriors | 52 |
The Weapons Makers | 77 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine |
| Author | Andrew Cockburn |
| Publisher | Random House, 1983 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2006 |
| ISBN | 0394524020, 9780394524023 |
| Length | 338 pages |
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