1st Edition
Superpowers in Economic Decline U.S. Strategy for the Transcentury Era
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1990, evaluates what future policy adjustments the US will have to make in order to successfully navigate through a national security environment radically altered from that of the past and one determined more than at any point in the post-war period by the economic performance of both superpowers. The structure of the book centres around two issues that will... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Soviet Economic Decline and Its National Security Implications – Reasons and Responses 3. Whither the Soviet Threat? 4. Economic Constraints on US National Security Spending – Reasons and Responses 5. Taking Stock of the ‘Reagan Revolution’ 6. The Defence Investment Dilemma of the 1990s: Contemporary or Transcentury Weapons? 7. Conclusion: Expanding the Scope of US National Security Policy
Biography
Richard Cohen and Peter A. Wilson
