JUST WARS AND LIMITED WARS: RESTRAINST ON THE USE OF THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES

In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 44-68

Abstract

EXAMINES THE VIEWS OF SOVIET MILITARY THEORISTS ON THE IMPACT THAT PERCEPTIONS OF A WAR AS BEING "UNJUST" MAY HAVE ON THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE WAR. THEY BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN A WAR BELIEVE IT TO BE "UNJUST" THIS CAN DIRECTLY LEAD TO ILITARY SETBACKS WHICH IN TURN CAN LEAD TO THE EROSION OF DOMESTIC SUPPORT FOR THESE "UNJUST" WARS.