Carl G Jacobsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5689847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carl G Jacobsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carl G |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobsen |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBSEN C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Acadia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Is our war culture immutable
The recent “Correlates of War” Project collated data on all post‐Napoleonic wars with casaulties of more than 1,000 people. Its conclusion is that the Western world's predominant security parameters through the 19th and 20th centuries have been those of a quintessential “war culture.” This culture's realpolitik security prescriptions—generally assumed to deter emerging threats—have instead stimulated and precipitated conflict rather than avoided …
Russia's Revolutionary Arbiter? Arms and Society, 1988–1994
(1995). Russia's Revolutionary Arbiter? Arms and Society, 1988–1994. War & Society: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 101-146
Myths, Politics and the Not-So-New World Order
1. Mythology, Historiography and Politics The New World Order threatens to degenerate into something drearily familiar. It now looks just as prone to self-serving and manipulated myth-preservation and myth-making, tribal ethnocentrism and the politics of fear and exclusion as were older world orders (Jacobsen, 1992). If we cannot transcend the distorting bounds of our particular group or 'national' cultures, then visions of a more just and less c…
Strategic Power
This book highlights the impact and relevance of "strategic culture". Each section contains essays contrasting United States and Soviet perceptions on specific topics. Each section closes with a synth
Soviet Foreign Policy
Part 1 Domestic foreign policy determinants - new realites, new perspectives: the domestic politics of foreign policy, Jerry Hough Gorbachev's Thinking about East-West relations - causes and consequences, Paul Marantz domestic and economic aspects of Gorbachev's foreign policy, David R.Jones. Part 2 New arms control initiatives: doctrinal change - the Ogarkov revolution, the scissors phenomenon, defensive defence, C.G.Jacobsen Gorbachev's arms co…
Strategic Power USA/USSR
Soviet Foreign Policy
Soviet–American Arms Control
Essay| October 01 1985 Soviet–American Arms Control: Hope or Hoax? Carl G. Jacobsen Carl G. Jacobsen Senior Research Officer, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) C. G. Jacobsen is the former director of the Strategic Studies Program and chairman of the Strategic Studies and National Security Programs Committee at the Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami. He is the author of The Nuclear Era: Its Histo…
Focus On
The Nuclear Era
Soviet-American Policy
Essay| October 01 1982 Soviet-American Policy: New Strategic Uncertainties Carl G. Jacobsen Carl G. Jacobsen Director of Soviet Studies, Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami C. G. Jacobsen, coordinator of the Strategic Studies Program at the Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami, is also adjunct professor of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa. A frequen…
Sino-Soviet Relations since Mao
The Changing American-Soviet Power Balance
Essay| October 01 1980 The Changing American-Soviet Power Balance C. G. Jacobsen C. G. Jacobsen Professor of Strategic Studies, Acadia University C. G. Jacobsen holds the Chair of Strategic Studies at Acadia University and is Adjunct Professor of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, Carleton University. He is the author of a number of books, including Soviet Strategic Initiatives: Challenge and Response (New York: Praeger, 1979) and…
Sino-Soviet Crisis In Perspective
Essay| October 01 1979 Sino-Soviet Crisis In Perspective C. G. Jacobsen C. G. Jacobsen Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies, Acadia University C. G. Jacobsen is a Fellow of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. He is the author of Soviet Strategy-Soviet Foreign Policy, 2d rev. ed. (Glasgow: University Press, 1974) and Soviet Strategic Initiatives: Challenge and Response (New York: Praeger, 1979) as w…
Soviet Strategic Capabilities
Essay| October 01 1977 Soviet Strategic Capabilities: The Superpower “Balance” C. G. Jacobsen C. G. Jacobsen Professor of Military and Strategic Studies, Acadia University C. G. Jacobsen is a Fellow of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, in addition to his post at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. He is the author of Soviet Strategy-Soviet Foreign Policy, 2d ed. rev. (Glasgow: Robert MacLekose, The Univ…
Deterrence or War-fighting
Remarks by Carl Jacobsen
With respect to my subject, Soviet perspectives on European Security, the first point to be made concerns the Soviet concept of strategy. It is far more explicitly comprehensive than most Western conceptions. It stresses the interrelations and interdependencies of military, economic, ideological, cultural and other factors, and sees politics as the umbrella composite of these factors. Furthermore, the composite is not only comprehensive in nature…
Strategic Power USA/USSR
Myths, Politics and the Not-So-New World Order
1. Mythology, Historiography and Politics The New World Order threatens to degenerate into something drearily familiar. It now looks just as prone to self-serving and manipulated myth-preservation and myth-making, tribal ethnocentrism and the politics of fear and exclusion as were older world orders (Jacobsen, 1992). If we cannot transcend the distorting bounds of our particular group or 'national' cultures, then visions of a more just and less c…
Sino-Soviet Relations since Mao
Remarks by Carl Jacobsen
With respect to my subject, Soviet perspectives on European Security, the first point to be made concerns the Soviet concept of strategy. It is far more explicitly comprehensive than most Western conceptions. It stresses the interrelations and interdependencies of military, economic, ideological, cultural and other factors, and sees politics as the umbrella composite of these factors. Furthermore, the composite is not only comprehensive in nature…
Deterrence or War-fighting
Soviet Strategic Capabilities
Essay| October 01 1977 Soviet Strategic Capabilities: The Superpower “Balance” C. G. Jacobsen C. G. Jacobsen Professor of Military and Strategic Studies, Acadia University C. G. Jacobsen is a Fellow of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, in addition to his post at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. He is the author of Soviet Strategy-Soviet Foreign Policy, 2d ed. rev. (Glasgow: Robert MacLekose, The Univ…
Sino-Soviet Crisis In Perspective
Essay| October 01 1979 Sino-Soviet Crisis In Perspective C. G. Jacobsen C. G. Jacobsen Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies, Acadia University C. G. Jacobsen is a Fellow of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. He is the author of Soviet Strategy-Soviet Foreign Policy, 2d rev. ed. (Glasgow: University Press, 1974) and Soviet Strategic Initiatives: Challenge and Response (New York: Praeger, 1979) as w…
The Changing American-Soviet Power Balance
Essay| October 01 1980 The Changing American-Soviet Power Balance C. G. Jacobsen C. G. Jacobsen Professor of Strategic Studies, Acadia University C. G. Jacobsen holds the Chair of Strategic Studies at Acadia University and is Adjunct Professor of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, Carleton University. He is the author of a number of books, including Soviet Strategic Initiatives: Challenge and Response (New York: Praeger, 1979) and…
Sino-Soviet Relations since Mao
Soviet-American Policy
Essay| October 01 1982 Soviet-American Policy: New Strategic Uncertainties Carl G. Jacobsen Carl G. Jacobsen Director of Soviet Studies, Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami C. G. Jacobsen, coordinator of the Strategic Studies Program at the Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami, is also adjunct professor of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa. A frequen…
Focus On
The Nuclear Era
Soviet–American Arms Control
Essay| October 01 1985 Soviet–American Arms Control: Hope or Hoax? Carl G. Jacobsen Carl G. Jacobsen Senior Research Officer, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) C. G. Jacobsen is the former director of the Strategic Studies Program and chairman of the Strategic Studies and National Security Programs Committee at the Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami. He is the author of The Nuclear Era: Its Histo…
Strategic Power
This book highlights the impact and relevance of "strategic culture". Each section contains essays contrasting United States and Soviet perceptions on specific topics. Each section closes with a synth
Soviet Foreign Policy
Part 1 Domestic foreign policy determinants - new realites, new perspectives: the domestic politics of foreign policy, Jerry Hough Gorbachev's Thinking about East-West relations - causes and consequences, Paul Marantz domestic and economic aspects of Gorbachev's foreign policy, David R.Jones. Part 2 New arms control initiatives: doctrinal change - the Ogarkov revolution, the scissors phenomenon, defensive defence, C.G.Jacobsen Gorbachev's arms co…
Strategic Power USA/USSR
Soviet Foreign Policy
Myths, Politics and the Not-So-New World Order
1. Mythology, Historiography and Politics The New World Order threatens to degenerate into something drearily familiar. It now looks just as prone to self-serving and manipulated myth-preservation and myth-making, tribal ethnocentrism and the politics of fear and exclusion as were older world orders (Jacobsen, 1992). If we cannot transcend the distorting bounds of our particular group or 'national' cultures, then visions of a more just and less c…
Russia's Revolutionary Arbiter? Arms and Society, 1988–1994
(1995). Russia's Revolutionary Arbiter? Arms and Society, 1988–1994. War & Society: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 101-146
Is our war culture immutable
The recent “Correlates of War” Project collated data on all post‐Napoleonic wars with casaulties of more than 1,000 people. Its conclusion is that the Western world's predominant security parameters through the 19th and 20th centuries have been those of a quintessential “war culture.” This culture's realpolitik security prescriptions—generally assumed to deter emerging threats—have instead stimulated and precipitated conflict rather than avoided …
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