The Soviet calculus of nuclear war / edited by Roman Kolkowicz, Ellen Propper Mickiewicz.

Proceedings of a symposium held at the Carter Center, Emory University in May 1984.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The Soviet Union, the elusive adversary / Roman Kolkowicz -- Contemporary Soviet military policy / Benjamin S. Lambeth -- Soviet strategic planning and the control of nuclear war / Desmond Ball -- Ballistic missile defense and Soviet strategy / Jeffrey Richelson -- Soviet arms control decision making since Brezhnev / Rose E. Gottemoeller -- Soviet positions on strategic arms control and arms policy / Anne T. Sloan -- Negotiating with the Soviets and prospects for arms control negotiations / Harold Brown ... [et al.] -- Sitting on bayonets / Abraham S. Becker -- Weapons acquisition in the Soviet Union / Stan Woods -- The Soviet Union and the East European militaries / Dale R. Herspring.