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Power, threat, or military capabilities : US balancing in the later Cold War, 1970-1982 / Carmel Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2011]Description: 1 online resource (v, 122 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780761855521
  • 0761855521
  • 1283320525
  • 9781283320528
Other title:
  • United States balancing in the later Cold War, 1970-1982
  • US balancing in the later Cold War, 1970-1982
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Power, threat, or military capabilitiesDDC classification:
  • 355/.03327309047 23
LOC classification:
  • UA23
Online resources:
Contents:
Explanations of balancing: power, threat, and military capabilities -- Balance of power: Population, military personnel, and economic resources -- Balance of power: national security expenditures and the military burdens -- Balance of threat: US assessments of Soviet intentions -- Balance of military capabilities: sufficiency of general purpose forces -- Balance of military capabilites: US wartime prospects -- Conclusions.
Subject: "Assesses two mainstays of international relations, balance of power and balance of threat, using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It also proposes balance of military capabilities, which uses the offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them. Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities finds that the US was more powerful than the Soviet Union so US behavior is not explained by balance of power. The US did not perceive the Soviet Union as likely to initiate war or to run risks that might lead to a war so US behavior is not explained by balance of threat. The book determines that the US was concerned about its ability to defend Europe and the Persian Gulf so US behavior is explained by balance of military capabilities."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-120) and index.

Explanations of balancing: power, threat, and military capabilities -- Balance of power: Population, military personnel, and economic resources -- Balance of power: national security expenditures and the military burdens -- Balance of threat: US assessments of Soviet intentions -- Balance of military capabilities: sufficiency of general purpose forces -- Balance of military capabilites: US wartime prospects -- Conclusions.

"Assesses two mainstays of international relations, balance of power and balance of threat, using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It also proposes balance of military capabilities, which uses the offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them. Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities finds that the US was more powerful than the Soviet Union so US behavior is not explained by balance of power. The US did not perceive the Soviet Union as likely to initiate war or to run risks that might lead to a war so US behavior is not explained by balance of threat. The book determines that the US was concerned about its ability to defend Europe and the Persian Gulf so US behavior is explained by balance of military capabilities."--Back cover.

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