Analysis of the Soviet Crisis Management Experience

Abstract

This report analyzes the Soviet crisis management experience. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the volume and the project of which it is a part, Chapter 2 explains the methodological strategy used to identify 386 crises of concern to the Soviet Union over the period 1946-1975. Chapter 3 presents brief descriptions of these crises. Chapter 4 analyzes the evolving character of Soviet crisis management. Chapter 5 analyzes Soviet actions and objectives in a sample of 101 crises while Chapter 6 considers the crisis management problems encountered by the Soviets in the same sample of cases, Chapter 7 provides comparative analyses of Soviet crisis characteristics, actions, objectives, and problems, while Chapter 8 discusses the incidents in the context of other developments in the postwar international system. Appendix A evaluates the reliability and validity of the set of crises examined while Appendix B presents comparisons of major U.S. crisis data sets to support the analysis presented in Chapter 8. Keywords: National Security; International Politics, and International Relations.

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