Word: discreditation
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When some conservative Western Kremlinologists began to interpret that bit of ideological breast beating as a strategy for nuclear victory, the Moscow press took pains to discredit such a view. Western experts, however, have found other, less ambiguous Soviet predictions of nuclear victory. For example, the 1972 edition of the book Marxism-Leninism on War and Army, written by a collective of authors, declared, "Today's weapons make it possible to achieve strategic objectives very quickly. The very first nuclear attack on the enemy may inflict such immense casualties and produce such vast destruction that his economic, moral-political...
Ehrenrich's strategy as a feminist is not to use rhetoric but instead to expose humorous non sequiturs and inconsistencies of the other side: it is the politics of discredit. Shortly after the above passage comes this...
...President continues his efforts to discredit the press, whom he continually accuses of creating hype and hoopla over his activities. He holds limited and well-screened press-conferences and seems to feel that all the press is owed is statements, not explanations. He triex, through his television appearances, to be his own press expecting that the public will view the newspapers as some from of Democratic faction, since it refuses to sanction his activities...
Ways and Means Committee officials say the tax-free bond market is overcrowded by colleges, hospitals, and other institutions seeking to raise funds cheaply. This scenario has driven interest rates higher and squeezed smaller colleges out of the bond market. While state authorities discredit this analysis, Harvard officials have essentially assented to it and have not lobbied heavily against the reforms. And everyone agrees that current laws contain moneymaking loopholes which many universities exploit...
Zhores Medvedev portrays Andropov as an austere, highly intelligent operator whose key weapon in his battle for Kremlin supremacy was the KGB he headed for 15 years. Andropov and his supporters relied on the intelligence agency to discredit the ailing Brezhnev, his family and network of associates. The Andropov aim was to pressure Brezhnev into resigning while besmirching potential rivals from the party chiefs camp...