
Soviet Submarine Operations in Swedish Waters
1980-1986
Milton Leitenberg(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 9. September 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-0-275-92842-1 (ISBN)
Description
Milton Leitenberg has done us a great service. His balanced and comprehensive reconstruction of the history of Soviet submarine operations in Swedish waters will benefit all students of Soviet policy and practice in Northern Europe. The accompanying discussions of the domestic and international political contexts within which those submarine operations were perceived, responded to, and reported on, doubles the value of the work. The full Soviet military rationale for those operations may remain somewhat elusive, but Leitenberg has clearly provided us with a cogent description of their political consequences.
Robert G. Weinland, Consultant, Washington, D.C
The book first presents a comprehensive account of the overall incidence of violations, not only in Sweden but in other countries as well, between 1970 and 1987. The author then shows that the provisional, more exploratory stages of the operations in Sweden apparently began well before 1980 and have continued despite the Soviet Union's public campaign for a Nordic Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone. An analysis of the incursions is given next, including a look at Sweden's response to a problem it may not have anticipated when its own preconceptions and the norms of international behavior were clearly contradicted by reality. Also discussed are the motives behind the Soviet submarine operations and various provocation theories.
Robert G. Weinland, Consultant, Washington, D.C
The book first presents a comprehensive account of the overall incidence of violations, not only in Sweden but in other countries as well, between 1970 and 1987. The author then shows that the provisional, more exploratory stages of the operations in Sweden apparently began well before 1980 and have continued despite the Soviet Union's public campaign for a Nordic Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone. An analysis of the incursions is given next, including a look at Sweden's response to a problem it may not have anticipated when its own preconceptions and the norms of international behavior were clearly contradicted by reality. Also discussed are the motives behind the Soviet submarine operations and various provocation theories.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-92842-1 (9780275928421)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
MILTON LEITENBERG is Visiting Research Associate at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
Content
Foreword
Introduction
The Overall Incidence of Violations: 1970-1987
Analogous Events in Other Countries
Events in Sweden
An Analysis of the Incursions
Notes
Index
Introduction
The Overall Incidence of Violations: 1970-1987
Analogous Events in Other Countries
Events in Sweden
An Analysis of the Incursions
Notes
Index