Author: Noel E. Firth
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890968055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
During the Cold War, when the United States' intelligence efforts were focused on the Soviet Union, one of the primary tasks of the Central Intelligence Agency was to estimate Soviet defense spending. In Soviet Defense Spending: A History of CIA Estimates, 1950-1990, Noel E. Firth and James H. Noren, who spent much of their long CIA careers estimating and studying Soviet defense spending, provide a closer look at those estimates and consider how and why they were made. In the process, the authors chronicle the development of a significant intelligence analytic capability. Firth and Noren also explain what the CIA has learned since the collapse of the Soviet Union about the USSR's actual military spending during the Cold War.
Soviet Defense Spending
Author: Noel E. Firth
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890968055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
During the Cold War, when the United States' intelligence efforts were focused on the Soviet Union, one of the primary tasks of the Central Intelligence Agency was to estimate Soviet defense spending. In Soviet Defense Spending: A History of CIA Estimates, 1950-1990, Noel E. Firth and James H. Noren, who spent much of their long CIA careers estimating and studying Soviet defense spending, provide a closer look at those estimates and consider how and why they were made. In the process, the authors chronicle the development of a significant intelligence analytic capability. Firth and Noren also explain what the CIA has learned since the collapse of the Soviet Union about the USSR's actual military spending during the Cold War.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890968055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
During the Cold War, when the United States' intelligence efforts were focused on the Soviet Union, one of the primary tasks of the Central Intelligence Agency was to estimate Soviet defense spending. In Soviet Defense Spending: A History of CIA Estimates, 1950-1990, Noel E. Firth and James H. Noren, who spent much of their long CIA careers estimating and studying Soviet defense spending, provide a closer look at those estimates and consider how and why they were made. In the process, the authors chronicle the development of a significant intelligence analytic capability. Firth and Noren also explain what the CIA has learned since the collapse of the Soviet Union about the USSR's actual military spending during the Cold War.
CIA Estimates of Soviet Defense Spending
Author: United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Subcommittee on Oversight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Sitting on Bayonets
Author: Abraham Samuel Becker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
CIA Estimates of Soviet Military Expenditures
Author: William Thomas Lee
Publisher: Aei Press
ISBN: 9780844739175
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Publisher: Aei Press
ISBN: 9780844739175
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
CIA Estimates of Soviet Defense Spending: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence House of Representatives
The Soviet Defence Enigma
Author: Carl G. Jacobsen
Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
ISBN: 9780198291183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Realistic appraisal of Soviet defence efforts is crucial to strategic planning and foreign policy analysis. Since Soviet defence expenditure figures are incomplete, however, our knowledge in this area is extremely limited. This study reviews the state of current knowledge in this field, and presents a critical review of the nature and limitation of traditional approaches. The contributors analyse newly available sources of economic, scientific, and technical military information, and conclude with an in-depth consideration of the relevance and impact of historical and cultural influences on current Russian-Soviet military strategy. There emerges a fascinating account, which both extends our knowledge and understanding, and sheds light on what is perhaps the single most important 'unknown' in the study of international affairs and defence needs.
Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
ISBN: 9780198291183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Realistic appraisal of Soviet defence efforts is crucial to strategic planning and foreign policy analysis. Since Soviet defence expenditure figures are incomplete, however, our knowledge in this area is extremely limited. This study reviews the state of current knowledge in this field, and presents a critical review of the nature and limitation of traditional approaches. The contributors analyse newly available sources of economic, scientific, and technical military information, and conclude with an in-depth consideration of the relevance and impact of historical and cultural influences on current Russian-Soviet military strategy. There emerges a fascinating account, which both extends our knowledge and understanding, and sheds light on what is perhaps the single most important 'unknown' in the study of international affairs and defence needs.
Sitting on Bayonets?
Author: Abraham Samuel Becker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military readiness
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Not too many years ago, the burden of Soviet defense seemed a secondary issue. The conventional estimates of the size of the burden were low and the Soviet economy was growing rapidly. Now, the era of rapid growth seems to have come to an end and the Western estimates of the burden are much higher. The conjunction generates intense interest in the relation between the two developments. Especially important is the role of the defense burden in shaping future growth prospects. How serious a drag on the economy does the Soviet military budget represent? Is cutting defense spending the solution to current Soviet economic problems? Will the military budget nevertheless continue to grow? These questions are the focus of the present paper. The first section considers the various estimates of the size of the Soviet defense burden. It is followed by a discussion of the connections between defense burden and resource allocation choices. A final section speculates on the implications for future defense spending.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military readiness
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Not too many years ago, the burden of Soviet defense seemed a secondary issue. The conventional estimates of the size of the burden were low and the Soviet economy was growing rapidly. Now, the era of rapid growth seems to have come to an end and the Western estimates of the burden are much higher. The conjunction generates intense interest in the relation between the two developments. Especially important is the role of the defense burden in shaping future growth prospects. How serious a drag on the economy does the Soviet military budget represent? Is cutting defense spending the solution to current Soviet economic problems? Will the military budget nevertheless continue to grow? These questions are the focus of the present paper. The first section considers the various estimates of the size of the Soviet defense burden. It is followed by a discussion of the connections between defense burden and resource allocation choices. A final section speculates on the implications for future defense spending.
Estimated Soviet Defense Spending, Trends and Prospects
Author: National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Watching the Bear
Author: Gerald K. Haines
Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Presents papers from the conference: "CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991" at Princeton University on 9-10 March 2001. Focuses on the organizational evolution of the CIA's analysis of the Soviet economic, political, military, and scientific and technological developments during the Cold War. Assesses the extent to which Western analyses of the Soviet Union may have influenced the USSR's policy making process.
Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Presents papers from the conference: "CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991" at Princeton University on 9-10 March 2001. Focuses on the organizational evolution of the CIA's analysis of the Soviet economic, political, military, and scientific and technological developments during the Cold War. Assesses the extent to which Western analyses of the Soviet Union may have influenced the USSR's policy making process.
CIA Assessments of the Soviet Union
Author: Douglas J. MacEachin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intelligence service
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intelligence service
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description