Cia Estimates Of Soviet Military Expenditures

Author : Noel E. Firth,James H. Noren
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0890968055

Get Book

Soviet Defense Spending by Noel E. Firth,James H. Noren Pdf

During the Cold War, when the United States' intelligence efforts were focused on the Soviet Union, one of the primary tasks of the Central Intelligence Agency was to estimate Soviet defense spending. In Soviet Defense Spending: A History of CIA Estimates, 1950-1990, Noel E. Firth and James H. Noren, who spent much of their long CIA careers estimating and studying Soviet defense spending, provide a closer look at those estimates and consider how and why they were made. In the process, the authors chronicle the development of a significant intelligence analytic capability. Firth and Noren also explain what the CIA has learned since the collapse of the Soviet Union about the USSR's actual military spending during the Cold War.

Author : William Thomas Lee
Publisher : Aei Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : 0844739170

Get Book

CIA Estimates of Soviet Military Expenditures by William Thomas Lee Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Subcommittee on Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
ISBN : LOC:00009429189

Get Book

CIA Estimates of Soviet Defense Spending by United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Subcommittee on Oversight Pdf

Author : Abraham Samuel Becker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Budget
ISBN : UCAL:B5134114

Get Book

Sitting on Bayonets by Abraham Samuel Becker Pdf

Author : Carl G. Jacobsen
Publisher : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0198291183

Get Book

The Soviet Defence Enigma by Carl G. Jacobsen Pdf

Realistic appraisal of Soviet defence efforts is crucial to strategic planning and foreign policy analysis. Since Soviet defence expenditure figures are incomplete, however, our knowledge in this area is extremely limited. This study reviews the state of current knowledge in this field, and presents a critical review of the nature and limitation of traditional approaches. The contributors analyse newly available sources of economic, scientific, and technical military information, and conclude with an in-depth consideration of the relevance and impact of historical and cultural influences on current Russian-Soviet military strategy. There emerges a fascinating account, which both extends our knowledge and understanding, and sheds light on what is perhaps the single most important 'unknown' in the study of international affairs and defence needs.

Author : Abraham Samuel Becker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Military readiness
ISBN : IND:39000000410006

Get Book

Sitting on Bayonets? by Abraham Samuel Becker Pdf

Not too many years ago, the burden of Soviet defense seemed a secondary issue. The conventional estimates of the size of the burden were low and the Soviet economy was growing rapidly. Now, the era of rapid growth seems to have come to an end and the Western estimates of the burden are much higher. The conjunction generates intense interest in the relation between the two developments. Especially important is the role of the defense burden in shaping future growth prospects. How serious a drag on the economy does the Soviet military budget represent? Is cutting defense spending the solution to current Soviet economic problems? Will the military budget nevertheless continue to grow? These questions are the focus of the present paper. The first section considers the various estimates of the size of the Soviet defense burden. It is followed by a discussion of the connections between defense burden and resource allocation choices. A final section speculates on the implications for future defense spending.

Author : Steven Rosefielde
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1412823366

Get Book

False Science by Steven Rosefielde Pdf

Author : Henry S. Rowen,Charles Wolf (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034391180

Get Book

The Impoverished Superpower by Henry S. Rowen,Charles Wolf (Jr.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : UGA:32108026375694

Get Book

World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Priorities and Economy in Government
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : China
ISBN : IND:30000091010086

Get Book

Allocation of Resources in the Soviet Union and China by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Priorities and Economy in Government Pdf

Author : Douglas J. MacEachin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : IND:30000050002520

Get Book

CIA Assessments of the Soviet Union by Douglas J. MacEachin Pdf

Author : Steven Rosefielde
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B3821598

Get Book

False Science by Steven Rosefielde Pdf

Most Western assessments of the Soviet Military threat depend critically on the accuracy of the CIA's direct cost estimates of Soviet arms expenditures. These estimates not only measure the cost of Soviet defense programs, they also provide essential information on the real rate of Soviet procurement growth. The Central Intelligence Agency's estimates in this way serve as a summary indicator of the aggregate annual improvement in the quantity and quality of Soviet weaponry. In this explosive, expanded assessment of the CIA's military costing techniques, Steven Rosefielde shows that the CIA continues to dangerously underestimate the Soviet arms buildup. Rosefielde breaks out the CIA's direct costing methods into its component procedures and assumptions, and then applies econometric methods to test their empirical and logical validity. In doing so, he demonstrates how a fundamental methodological error has led to decades of falsely estimating the Soviet Union's military investment patterns. He argues forcefully that the CIA's optimistic conclusion that the Soviet threat has been checked is greatly exaggerated.

Author : National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Russia
ISBN : UOM:39015008304746

Get Book

Estimated Soviet Defense Spending, Trends and Prospects by National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Charles Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000041545645

Get Book

The Costs of the Soviet Empire by Charles Wolf Pdf

This study develops and applies a comprehensive framework for estimating all of the economic costs incurred by the Soviet Union in acquiring, maintaining, and expanding its empire. The bulk of the study is devoted to estimating the total and component costs of the Soviet empire (CSE) for the period from 1971 through 1980. The principal components include implicit trade subsidies; export credits; military aid deliveries; economic aid deliveries; incremental costs of Soviet military operations in Afghanistan; and costs of Soviet covert and related activities that can be reasonably imputed to the empire, rather than to maintenance of the Soviet system at home. These costs are expressed in current and constant dollars and rubles, and scaled in relation to Soviet GNP and military spending. After considering total costs and their changes over the 1970s, the cost of each component is examined separately. Finally, the question of whether CSE will be higher or lower in the 1980s than in the 1970s is considered, as well as several policy issues relating to the burden imposed by CSE on the Soviet economy, the relative size of comparable U.S. costs, and the desirability and feasibility of U.S. policies for raising CSE.

Author : Gerald K. Haines,Robert E. Leggett
Publisher : Central Intelligence Agency
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015060782086

Get Book

Watching the Bear by Gerald K. Haines,Robert E. Leggett Pdf

Presents papers from the conference: "CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991" at Princeton University on 9-10 March 2001. Focuses on the organizational evolution of the CIA's analysis of the Soviet economic, political, military, and scientific and technological developments during the Cold War. Assesses the extent to which Western analyses of the Soviet Union may have influenced the USSR's policy making process.