Download or read book The Effectiveness of Soviet Arms Aid written by Roger Frank Pajak and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memorandum considers the utility of military aid and sales as a primary foreign policy instrument for maintaining and expanding Soviet influence in the Third World. In addition to assessing the overall program, the author discusses its components: equipment, technical assistance, training and military advisers. He asserts that military aid has more immediate impact and creates a greater dependence on the Soviet Union by recipient countries than other forms of assistance. He concludes that Moscow is relying especially on its economic and military aid programs to make at least some of the more important developing countries materially dependent and politically tractable. (Author).