Details

Subject(s)

• Civil-military relations—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Military policy [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Armed Forces—Appropriations and expenditures [Browse]

Related name

• United States. Air Force [Browse]
• Rand Corporation [Browse]

Series

R (Rand Corporation) [More in this series]

Summary note

This report attempts to illuminate the conflict within the Soviet Union between the Communist Party and the military high command over resource allocation in the early 1980s. It examines the measures of resource growth that the two sides could have used in the debate. It also considers Gorbachev's approach to the same problem in the last half of the 1980s and the connections between the two episodes. The author suggests that, in the future, Gorbachev's ability to maneuver may be limited by the growing harshness of military-Party relations. Furthermore, his failure to make good on his promises could aggravate the military-Party conflict.

Notes

• "A Project Air Force report prepared for the United States Air Force."
• "December 1987."

Other title(s)

Ogarkov's complaint & Gorbachev's dilemma

Tech. report no.

"R-3541-AF"

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