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title	:	Perestroika and Soviet National Security
author	:	MccGwire, Michael.
publisher	:	Brookings Institution Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0815755546
print isbn13	:	9780815755548
ebook isbn13	:	9780585175720
language	:	English
subject	National security--Soviet Union, Perestroika, Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1985-1991.
publication date	:	1991
lcc	:	UA770.M3993 1991eb
ddc	:	355/.033047
subject	:	National security--Soviet Union, Perestroika, Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1985-1991.

Page iii Perestroika and Soviet National Security Michael MccGwire THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Washington, D.C.

Page iv Copyright 1991 by THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data MccGwire, Michael. Perestroika and Soviet national security / Michael K. MccGwire. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8157-5554-6 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-8157-5553-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Soviet Union National security. 2. Perestroika. 3. Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985- I. Title. UA770.M3993 1991 355'.033047 dc20 90-46529 CIP 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the following requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Page v The Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution is an independent organization devoted to nonpartisan research, education, and publication in economics, government, foreign policy, and the social sciences generally. Its principal purposes are to aid in the development of sound public policies and to promote public understanding of issues of national importance. The Institution was founded on December 8, 1927, to merge the activities of the Institute for Government Research, founded in 1916, the Institute of Economics, founded in 1922, and the Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, founded in 1924. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the general administration of the Institution, while the immediate direction of the policies, program, and staff is vested in the President, assisted by an advisory committee of the officers and staff. The by-laws of the Institution state: "It is the function of the Trustees to make possible the conduct of scientific research, and publication, under the most favorable conditions, and to safeguard the independence of the research staff in the pursuit of their studies and in the publication of the results of such studies. It is not a part of their function to determine, control, or influence the conduct of particular investigations or the conclusions reached." The President bears final responsibility for the decision to publish a manuscript as a Brookings book. In reaching his judgment on the competence, accuracy, and objectivity of each study, the President is advised by the director of the appropriate research program and weighs the views of a panel of expert outside readers who report to him in confidence on the quality of the work. Publication of a work signifies that it is deemed a competent treatment worthy of public consideration but does not imply endorsement of conclusions or recommendations. The Institution maintains its position of neutrality on issues of public policy in order to safeguard the intellectual freedom of the staff. Hence interpretations or conclusions in Brookings publications should be understood to be solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Institution, to its trustees, officers, or other staff members, or to the organizations that support its research. Board of Trustees Louis W. Cabot Chairman Ralph S. Saul Vice Chairman Ronald J. Arnault Elizabeth E. Bailey Rex J. Bates Yvonne Brathwaite Burke A.W. Clausen William T. Coleman, Jr. Kenneth W. Dam D. Ronald Daniel Charles W. Duncan, Jr. Walter Y. Elisha Robert F. Erburu Robert D. Haas Pamela C. Harriman Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. James A. Joseph Nannerl O. Keohane Martin J. Koldyke Thomas G. Labrecque Donald F. McHenry Bruce K. MacLaury Samuel Pisar James D. Robinson III Howard D. Samuel B. Francis Saul II Henry B. Schacht Donna E. Shalala Robert H. Smith Howard R. Swearer Morris Tanenbaum John C. Whitehead Ezra K. Zilkha Honorary Trustees Vincent M. Barnett, Jr. Barton M. Biggs Robert D. Calkins Edward W. Carter Frank T. Cary Lloyd N. Cutler Bruce B. Dayton Douglas Dillon Huntington Harris Andrew Heiskell Roger W. Heyns John E. Lockwood James T. Lynn William McC. Martin, Jr. Robert S. McNamara Mary Patterson McPherson Arjay Miller Donald S. Perkins J. Woodward Redmond Charles W. Robinson Robert V. Roosa Gerard C. Smith Robert Brookings Smith Sydney Stein, Jr. Phyllis A. Wallace

Page vii Foreword The Interpretation of Soviet policy has long been a matter of intense concern among the Western countries. For many it has been a source of unsettling mystery, for some a threat of ominous clarity, for most an occasion for defining their strongest convictions and political values. Understandably, we have tended to see the Soviet Union in terms of the way we understand and justify our own history. In recent years, however, standard Western conceptions of the Soviet Union have had to be re-evaluated. What once appeared to be immutable axioms of central economic control and of authoritarian political rule have yielded to market principles and consensual politics that at least in aspiration clearly resemble our own standards. The military confrontation that has defined a major period of history is rapidly dissolving under the impetus of a dramatic shift in Soviet policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. The implications are now reverberating throughout the world.

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