The Soviet Military Assistance Program In The Third World

Download or read book The Soviet Military Assistance Program in the Third World written by Robert T. Huber and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem put forth by this thesis is to study the Soviet military assistance program in the Third World, its scope, direction, and purpose, its interrelationship with other Soviet Third World policy instrumentalities, and its successes, failures, and future. Traditional information-gathering methods were employed in this thesis. The procedure used involves a three-step analytical process which 1) examines the military assistance program and its basic components, 2) relates the program to other Soviet aid, trade, and cultural programs and Soviet military power, and 3) utilizes case studies to determine the success, failure, and future of Soviet military assistance. The principal results and conclusions reached are that the Soviet military assistance program continues to be the most effective of Soviet Third World policy instrumentalities, that it operates best in crisis situations, that it will grow in scope, and become more globally dispersed while still primarily directed to key states and regions bordering the Soviet Union.