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Contents
Preface - vii
Abbreviations - xi
1. Introduction - 1
Soviet Gains
2. Soviet Lessons from the Vietnam War: A Crucial Case for Deterrence Theory . . . Which It Does Not Pass - 35
3. Soviet Lessons from Angola, Ethiopia, and Afghanistan: The "Arc of Crisis" as a Crucial Case - 61
4. Soviet Lessons from Iran and Nicaragua: Deterrence Theory Fails Another Easy Test - 117
Soviet Losses
5. Grenada 1983: Sufficient, but Unneccessary and Inferior - 153
6. The Middle East, 1967-80: A Boon for Deterrence, but Proof of the Need for an Expansion of the Theory - 163
7. Ghana 1966: The Deterrent Case That Didn't Bark - 209
8. Conclusion: Deterrence Theory Revised - 233
Appendixes - 243
Bibliography - 255
Index - 305
Questions the role of military power in deterring would-be aggressor nations
Ted Hopf is Assistant Professor of Political Science; Faculty Associate, Center for Russian and East European Studies; and Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
