LEADER 02519nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910457403703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-32052-5 010 $a9786613320520 010 $a0-7618-5552-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000064263 035 $a(EBL)795618 035 $a(OCoLC)761645840 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12207495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10619868 035 $a(PQKB)11376257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795618 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795618 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511512 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL332052 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000064263 100 $a20110606d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPower, threat, or military capabilities$b[electronic resource] $eUS balancing in the later Cold War, 1970-1982 /$fCarmel Davis 210 $aLanham, Md. $cUniversity Press of America$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (220 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7618-5551-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments; 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; Bibliography 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aCold War 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a909.82/5 676 $a909.827 700 $aDavis$b Carmel$0873225 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457403703321 996 $aPower, threat, or military capabilities$91949321 997 $aUNINA