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Misreading the Enemy
Abstract
Pathological exaggeration of the enemy is more common than complacency, and has inspired overreaction, blunder and national ruin.
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“Rather than a realistic assessment of Soviet strategic ambitions and capabilities, the West's enemy image of the Soviet Union was at least partially a reflection of its own insecurities.”
From Russia and ‘hybrid warfare’ (2016) · cites this paper as Fettweis 2015
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- Authors
- Fettweis, C. J.
- Corresponding author
- Fettweis, Christopher J.
- Venue
- Survival
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-09-03
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 149-172
- ISSN
- 0039-6338 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2699
- OpenAlex
- W2100474912
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 4.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Survival (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
- Keywords
- enemy perception, overreaction, complacency, national security, military strategy
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