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SOVIET TACTICS FOR WARFARE AT SEA; TWO DECADES OF UPHEAVAL
August 1, 1983
This paper focuses primarily on the development of Soviet views of anti-surface warfare. The period with which the analysis deals begins in the early 1960s and provides the background on how the arrival of nuclear missile weapons changed some basic tenets of Soviet naval tactics.
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THIRD WORLD MILITARY ELITES IN SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
February 1, 1981
This report discusses the Soviet trend of regarding the 'antiimperialist bonapartism' of third world military elites as 'progressive social development.' It highlights the dissenting views of the Soviet scholar Mirskiy.
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Soviet Naval Diplomacy
December 1, 1979
This book presents a comprehensive discussion of Soviet naval diplomacy. It addresses the Soviet Union's use of its navy in a political role and attempts to clear up some of the misconceptions that have emerged in public discussions of the subject. The book is designed for students of Soviet foreign and defense policy, for students of international politics interested in the impact of the superpowers on Third World conflicts, and for other interested groups in the United States and abroad. Edited by Bradford Dismukes and James McConnell, CNA, and published by Pergamon Press. Copies available in CNA Library on Call Number DK 66 .S63 1979.
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GAME WARDEN
September 1, 1976
Game Warden, the U.S. Navy/Vietnamese Navy river patrol operation conducted in South Vietnam's Delta Region, is described. Enemy resupply and logistic routes and infiltration options are examined. Game Warden's response to the threat and limitations of that response are discussed.
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A Review of James Cable, Gunboat Diplomacy: Political Applications of Limited Naval Force
June 1, 1974
This paper reviews James Cable's book on 'gunboat' diplomacy. The reviewer contends that Cable tries to show the way toward peace in the context of the current international system by putting 'the genie of limited war back into the bottle.'
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