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BL
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782141
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b602154
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Nathan Leites.
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| Title & Author
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The operational code of the Politburo\ Nathan Leites.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2007
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xv, 100 pages ; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0833042211
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: 9780833042217
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| Contents
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Predictability and unpredictability --; Orientation on the past and toward the future --; Means and ends --; The calculus of the general line --; The control of feelings --; Effective action --; Perseverance and flexibility --; Organization --; The danger of dependency --; The danger of being "used" --; Isolation and contact --; Deception --; Violence --; The danger of annihilation --; Conduct in defeat and victory --; Advance --; Exertion of pressure --; Resistance to attack --; Retreat --; Deals.
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| Abstract
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Study from 1951 provides insight into the political leadership and foreign policy in the Soviet Union and other communist states; the development of Soviet military strategy and doctrine; and the organization and operation of the Soviet economy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom Security -- International Security.
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| Subject
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T︠S︡K KPSS. -- Politbi︠u︡ro.
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| LC Classification
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JN6598.K7N384 2007
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Nathan Leites
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