How the Enemy Ticks in a Time of Crisis
The U.S. Sovietologist Leon Gouré during the Cold War
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Starting in the 1940s, anybody well informed about the Soviet Union had good prospects for finding influential purchasers of his knowledge in the United States. For more than a few social scientists, this meant being able to pursue a career in the rapidly expanding field of research and consulting organisations. The political scientist Leon Gouré became famous for his study of Soviet civil defence, pursued a career at the RAND Corporation, and, because he was so skilled in symbiotic consulting, found the ear of the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon during the Vietnam War.
(Osteuropa 1-2/2017, pp. 131–142)