LEADER 01368oam 2200373 a 450 001 9910698821403321 005 20100106090444.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002397655 035 $a(OCoLC)362165579 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002397655 100 $a20090529d2009 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWeapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009$b[electronic resource] $econference report (to accompany S. 454) 210 1$a[Washington, D.C.] :$c[U.S. G.P.O.],$d[2009] 215 $a1 electronic text (40 pages) $cHTML, digital, PDF file 225 1 $aReport / 111th Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives ;$v111-124 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed on May 29, 2009). 300 $a"April 27, 2009." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 517 $aWeapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 606 $aGovernment purchasing$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xWeapons systems$xPurchasing 615 0$aGovernment purchasing$xLaw and legislation 801 0$bGPO 801 1$bGPO 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910698821403321 996 $aWeapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009$93148783 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04144oam 2200577I 450 001 9910788280803321 005 20230807210451.0 010 $a1-315-70163-4 010 $a0-7656-1465-0 010 $a1-317-46243-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315701639 035 $a(CKB)2670000000617533 035 $a(EBL)2055063 035 $a(OCoLC)910069801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2055063 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3569182 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11056327 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL787685 035 $a(OCoLC)929508918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2055063 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141484 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000617533 100 $a20180706e20152004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPolitics, paradigms, and intelligence failures $ewhy so few predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union /$fOfira Seliktar 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a0-7656-1464-2 311 $a1-317-46244-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Preface ""; ""Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Predicting Political Change""; ""1. Theories of Political Change and Prediction of Change: Methodological Problems""; ""Methodological Problems of Tracking Changes in a Collective Belief System""; ""The Dimensions of a Collective Belief System: Existential Imperatives as Validity Claims""; ""Changing the Collective Belief System: The Process of Delegitimation"" 327 $a""Activating the Process of Delegitimation: Trigger Conditions of Change""""The Durability of Legitimacy: Personal and Systemic Factors of Maintenance""; ""Legitimacy of the Soviet Union: The Theory and Politics of a Concept""; ""Rational Choice Theory and Soviet Legitimacy: Coercion and Preference Falsification""; ""2. Oligarchic Petrification or Pluralistic Transformation: Paradigmatic Views of the Soviet Union in the 1970s""; ""The Totalitarian Model: Oligarchic Petrification and Final Doom""; ""The Revisionist Model: Pluralistic Transformation and Final Convergence"" 327 $a""The Chernenko-Gorbachev Transition: The View from Moscow """"The Chernenko-Gorbachev Transition: The View from Washington ""; ""5. Acceleration: Tinkering Around the Edges, 1985-1986""; ""Revisiting Communist Legitimacy: In Search of a New Formula""; ""Domestic Reforms and Gorbachev's Foreign Policy: Clouding the Vision for a Global Class Struggle""; ""Making Sense of Gorbachev: The Politics of the Predictive Process in Washington""; ""The Revisionist Paradigm Vindicated? Gorbachev and the Reformability of the Soviet System""; ""6. Perestroika: Systemic Change,1987-1989"" 327 $a""Experimenting with a New Legitimacy Formula: From Gramsci to ""Socialist Democracy"" and ""Socialist Market"""" 330 $aWashington's failure to foresee the collapse of its superpower rival ranks high in the pantheon of predictive failures. The question of who got what right or wrong has been intertwined with the deeper issue of ""who won"" the Cold War. Like the disputes over ""who lost"" China and Iran, this debate has been fought out along ideological and partisan lines, with conservatives claiming credit for the Evil Empire's demise and liberals arguing that the causes were internal to the Soviet Union. The intelligence community has come in for harsh criticism for overestimating Soviet strength and overlook 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1953-1985 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1985-1991 676 $a327.73047/09/048 700 $aSeliktar$b Ofira.$0659156 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788280803321 996 $aPolitics, paradigms, and intelligence failures$93711777 997 $aUNINA