Engaging the Enemy: Organization Theory and Soviet Military Innovation, 1955-1991. (book reviews)

Kimberly Zisk examines the conditions under which military organizations are likely to change military doctrines. She argues that "the timing and content of military doctrine innovations are a result of the interaction of international and domestic political factors, of foreign doctrine changes and of domestic civilians' political strategies".

The argument is complex and is summarized in its hypotheses: military organizations "develop innovative doctrines on their own, in the absence of civilian intervention," in response to foreign doctrinal shifts that threaten ...

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