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SDI and Defensive Doctrine: The Evolving Soviet Debate (1991)

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By Stephen Blank

Security and Defense Russia and Eurasia Soviet Union

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Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kennan Institute Occasional Paper Series #240, 1990. PDF 46 pages.

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Stephen Blank

Senior Fellow for Russia, American Foreign Policy Council

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The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more

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