Born Under a Lucky Star, a personal memoir, begins with narration of author Richard Staar's youthful experiences in Poland, where he lost six years of schooling, half of them in German prisons and internment camps. Protected by a "lucky star," the author's family survived the war intact. Staar took the fast track in education, after being repatriated, dividing his subsequent career between U.S. government service and academia.

Born Under a Lucky Star: Reminiscences

History

Staar, Richard F.

World

University Press of America

The Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Europe

Hoover Institution Press

Essays evaluate past arms control talks, discuss negotiation styles and political strategies, and examine arms control issues.

Arms Control: Myth versus Reality (Hoover Institution Press Publication) (Volume 304)

Military

Arms Control: Myth Versus Reality

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

This book explains that Moscow's weapons programs are best understood and anticipated "as an attempt to satisfy the requirements of [Soviet] doctrine and strategy," which are based on nuclear war--fighting and damage-limiting objectives and the quest for nuclear superiority over the West. Officially established USSR doctrine and strategy can be determined--have, in fact, remained remarkably stable for over a quarter-century--and "clearly state both the reasons for and the objectives of the Soviet military buildup." Kremlin decisionmakers have deliberately and systematically established their own strategic policies and objectives, which are decidedly not mere mirror images of American ones, and they follow them assiduously. Only thus can the unremitting Soviet military buildup (its nature and its objectives) be understood.

Soviet Military Policy since World War II (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Lee, William

Based largely on primary sources in the Russian language, this succinct volume cover the following aspects of Soviet foreign policy: world outlook, personalities and structures of the decisionmaking process, implementation of objectives, and a discussion of practices toward geographic regions as well as specific countries.

USSR Foreign Policies After Détente (Hoover Press Publication) (Volume 359)

Russia

Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Hoover Inst Pr

In Foreign Policies of the Soviet Union, Richard F. Staar places revolutionary contemporary events into historical perspective. Citing Russian-language sources, he charts the recent structural changes within the USSR and how they have affected foreign policy. Detailing the shift of power from the CPSU political bureau to the presidential council, he explores the increasing importance of the foreign affairs ministry in the exercise of presidential power.

Foreign Policies of the Soviet Union (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Legal Theory & Systems

Book by Starr, Richard F., Staar, Richard F.

The New Military in Russia: Ten Myths That Shaped the Image

Naval Inst Pr

This authoritative study of the military establishment in Russia since the dissolution of the USSR refutes the claim of an apolitical force and maintains that reform is nonexistent.

The New Military in Russia: Ten Myths That Shape the Image

Naval_Institute_Press

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