| Description |
1 online resource (15 pages) : color illustration, color maps. |
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text file PDF rda |
| Series |
Research report ; RR-1253-A |
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Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1253-A.
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Series from web site. |
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"Arroyo Center." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14). |
| Contents |
Summary -- Defending the Baltic Republics : a strategic challenge for NATO -- Military geography favors Russia -- Current NATO posture cannot support alliance commitments -- Russian fait accompli confronts NATO with unpalatable choices -- NATO needs heavy forces to deny Russia a quick victory -- The price of deterring disaster -- Appendix: Methodology and Data -- Notes -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
"Russia's recent aggression against Ukraine has disrupted nearly a generation of relative peace and stability between Moscow and its Western neighbors and raised concerns about its larger intentions. From the perspective of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the threat to the three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- former Soviet republics, now member states that border Russian territory -- may be the most problematic of these. In a series of war games conducted between summer 2014 and spring 2015, RAND Arroyo Center examined the shape and probable outcome of a near-term Russian invasion of the Baltic states. The games' findings are unambiguous: As presently postured, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members. Fortunately, it will not require Herculean effort to avoid such a failure. Further gaming indicates that a force of about seven brigades, including three heavy armored brigades -- adequately supported by airpower, land-based fires, and other enablers on the ground and ready to fight at the onset of hostilities -- could suffice to prevent the rapid overrun of the Baltic states"--Publisher's web site. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (RAND, viewed January 29, 2016). |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Baltic States.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (OCoLC)fst00529467
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Deterrence (Strategy)
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War games -- Baltic States.
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Baltic States -- Defenses.
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HISTORY / General.
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Armed Forces. (OCoLC)fst00814586
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Deterrence (Strategy) (OCoLC)fst00891658
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Military readiness. (OCoLC)fst01021419
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War games. (OCoLC)fst01170489
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Baltic States. (OCoLC)fst01241546
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Michael (Michael W.), author.
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Arroyo Center, issuing body.
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Rand Corporation, publisher.
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| Note |
Reinforcing deterrence on North Atlantic Treaty Organization's eastern flank |
| ISBN |
9780833092984 (electronic bk.) |
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0833092987 (electronic bk.) |
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