02486nam 2200565 a 450 991078158700332120200520144314.01-283-32052-597866133205200-7618-5552-1(CKB)2550000000064263(EBL)795618(OCoLC)761645840(SSID)ssj0000639959(PQKBManifestationID)12207495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639959(PQKBWorkID)10619868(PQKB)11376257(MiAaPQ)EBC795618(Au-PeEL)EBL795618(CaPaEBR)ebr10511512(CaONFJC)MIL332052(EXLCZ)99255000000006426320110606d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPower, threat, or military capabilities[electronic resource] US balancing in the later Cold War, 1970-1982 /Carmel DavisLanham, Md. University Press of America20111 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-5551-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Explanations of Balancing: Power, Threat, and Military Capabilities; Chapter 2: Balance of Power: Population, Military Personnel, and Economic Resources; Chapter 3: Balance of Power: National Security Expenditures and the Military Burdens; Chapter 4: Balance of Threat: US Assessments of Soviet Intentions; Chapter 5: Balance of Military Capabilities: Sufficiency of General Purpose Forces; Chapter 6: Balance of Military Capabilities: US Wartime Prospects; Chapter 7: Conclusions; BibliographyThis book assesses two mainstays of international relations, balance of power and balance of threat, using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It uses offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them. Cold WarUnited StatesHistory, Military20th centuryCold War.909.82/5909.827Davis Carmel1564802MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781587003321Power, threat, or military capabilities3834059UNINA