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Politics, Paradigms, and Intelligence Failures
Washington's failure to foresee the collapse of its superpower rival ranks high in the pantheon of predictive failures. The question of who got what right or wrong has been intertwined with the deeper issue of "who won" the Cold War. Like the disputes over "who lost" China and Iran, this debate has been fought out along ideological and partisan lines, with conservatives claiming credit for the Evil Empire's demise and liberals arguing that the causes were internal to the Soviet Union. The intelligence community has come in for harsh criticism for overestimating Soviet strength and overlooking the symptoms of crisis; the discipline of "Sovietology" has dissolved into acrimonious irrelevance. Drawing on declassified documents, interviews, and careful analysis of contemporaneous literature, this book offers the first systematic analysis of this predictive failure at the paradigmatic, foreign policy, and intelligence levels. Although it is focused on the Soviet case, it offers lessons that are both timely and necessary.
Soviet Foreign Policy in Transition
The late twentieth century witnessed remarkable changes in Soviet domestic and foreign policy. Eastern Europe sprang free of the country that held it in its grip for over forty years. The Soviet leadership has accepted the reunification of Germany and supported the US-sponsored resolution in the UN permitting the use of force in the Gulf against one of its former allies.
Do New Leaders Make a Difference?
Professor Bunce assesses the impact of changes in leadership on priorities in policy within the Soviet bloc and western democratic states during the postwar era, with particular emphasis on the Soviet Union and the United States. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Reverend Benjamin Griffith and Some of His Descendants
Rev. Benjamin Griffith (1688-1768) was born at Llanllwni, Caermarthanshire, South Wales, the son of John and Jane Griffith. He immigrated to America, ca. 1710, and settled first at Philadelphia. He married Sarah Miles at Philadelphia in 1720. They had seven children, 1721-1736. He became pastor of the Montgomery Baptist Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He continued at pastor there until his death. His grandson, Benjamin Griffith (1772-1816) was born at Salem, New Jersey, the son of Rev. Abel Griffith (1724-1793) and his second wife, Rebecca Miles (d. 1779). Benjamin married Ann Morris, ca. 1799. They had at least five children, 1801-after 1813. Benjamin was a farmer in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he died suddenly. After his death, his widow and children migrated west to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, then some further west. Descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere.
Stalinism
A collection of essays (with contributors from Britain, continental Europe and USA) dealing with the character and aftermath of Stalinism in the USSR, concentrating on the inter-war years.
Israel's Nuclear Dilemma
The development of Israel's nuclear capacity, controversy within the military elite, implications for Arab/Israeli relations and arms control in the region.
Arming the Two Koreas
North Korea has traditionally been seen as militarily superior to South Korea in the long feud between the two nations. This brilliantly argued book taps into a great deal of news interest in North Korea at the moment in the wake of recent hostility against Japan. Hamm controversially shows that the received idea of Koreas military strength is partly a myth created by South Korea to justify a huge programme of rearmament.
