The Changing Soviet Strategic Environment: Soviet Military Doctrine, Conventional Military Forces, and the Scientific-Technical Revolution in Military Affairs

Until recently, military doctrine and conventional forces figured only secondarily in scholarly discussions of Soviet military power. 1 Much greater attention went to assessments of aggregate capabilities, especially nuclear, than to issues of doctrine. Little attention was devoted to conventional forces or the military art of employing them. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.