Defence year book 1974

PREFACE                                                                                           v

Part I - STRATEGIC REVIEW

CHINA’S STRATEGIC POSTURE IN A CHANGING WORLD

W. A. C. Adie                                                                                     3

THE ECONOMICS OF CHANGING FRENCH STRATEGY

James Bellini                                                                                      31

THE MANIFOLD DUALITY: A STUDY OF SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS

Neville Brown                                                                                    55

STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE WEST

R. M. Burrell                                                                                       71

THE UNITED STATES—SOVIET STRATEGIC BALANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Alvin J. Cottrell and Wynfred Joshua                                                85

THE DEFENCE OF FRANCE AND THE DEFENCE OF EUROPE

Pierre Dabezies                                                                                   104

SOVIET-WESTERN ARMS NEGOTIATIONS: SALT AND MBFR

James E. Dougherty                                                                            123

REFLECTIONS ON THE MIDDLE EAST WAR 6-24 OCTOBER 1973

Stewart Menaul                                                                                   149

THE CONFRONTATION OF THE SUPERPOWERS AT SEA

Jürgen Rohwer                                                                                    162

THE CONTINUING CRISIS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Richard L. Walker                                                                              189

Part II - MODERN WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION TO PART II                                                           207

1. STRATEGIC MISSILES                                                                   211

2. TACTICAL OR BATTLEFIELD NUCLEAR WEAPONS              218

3. AIR DEFENCE                                                                                 226

4. HELICOPTERS                                                                                239

5. REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES                                               247

6. ELECTRONIC WARFARE                                                             255

7. RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES                                              263

8. BATTLEFIELD SENSORS                                                             270

9. SUBMARINES                                                                                274

10. ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE                                                 282

11. SHIP-LAUNCHED MISSILES                                                     292

12. ANTI-TANK SYSTEMS                                                               304

13. AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES                                                               310

14. TACTICAL AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES                                316

15. FIELD ARTILLERY                                                                      324

Part - III

DEFENCE LITERATURE OF THE YEAR                                        331