Anatomy of a Decision, revised and expanded edition (POD)
In this new edition of his highly acclaimed work, Jiri Valenta adds his assessment of Soviet military decisionmaking in the 1980s to his earlier analysis of decisionmaking and crisis management in the Soviet bureaucracy and Warsaw Pact. Comparing the events of 1968 to the Kremlin's very different reaction to reforms now under way in Czechoslovakia ......
Traces the economic, political and ideological developments that have characterized US/Eastern Europe relations since World War II and provides an examination of the complex evolution of events that led to the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the captive nations of Eastern Europe.
Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security
Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and 'local' wars in the 1980s and since have raised questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. This title asks the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation.
Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security
Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and 'local' wars in the 1980s and since have raised new questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. This title asks the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation.
Is economic development a ''random walk'' or do underlying rhythms and cycles make it possible to anticipate long-term trends? Many social scientists have rejected the notion of long-term periodicity in economic trends. Now, after extensive analysis of economic data, distinguished scholar Brian J. L. Berry has found new evidence for the ......
Examines the crucial issues surrounding international cooperation-conditions that foster cooperation toward common goals; ways to handle the friction arising from conflicting goals; and the structures that best promote cooperation.
Revised to include New Revelations from Soviet & Cuban Sources
The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections has been a prime example of the new openness under glasnost in discussing previously taboo subjects. Using new revelations from key Soviet and Cuban Sources, Garthoff has revised his earlier analysis to produce the most accurate, eye-opening story yet of the 1963 crisis.
