Bücher der Reihe Belfer Center Studies in International Security

A study of how Soviet military theorists developed and debated the concepts that provided the basis for the Kremlin's defence policies. The book explores the relationship between politics and military strategy, the assessment of threats to the USSR and the relationship between offence and defence.

Why did the Soviet Union use less force to preserve the Soviet empire from 1989 to 1991 than it had used in distant and impoverished Angola in 1975? This book examines how actors' preferences and causal conceptions change as they learn from their experiences.

An investigation of how international relations theorists can best evaluate the effectiveness of their discipline.