Author: John Erickson
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714651781
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
This study documents the history of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from its origins in the post-revolutionary Civil War to the battle for Moscow in December 1941. Drawing from Soviet military histories, specialist monographs, Red Army publications, memoirs, and documentary collections on Soviet military organization and Army-Party relations, Erickson (emeritus, defense studies, U. or Edinburgh) considers such events as the secret collaboration with the Reichswehr, the military build-up in the Far East, the Tukhachevsky affair, Stalinist purges, and the Winter War in Finland. This edition features a new preface by the author. c. Book News Inc.
The Soviet High Command
Author: John Erickson
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714651781
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
This study documents the history of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from its origins in the post-revolutionary Civil War to the battle for Moscow in December 1941. Drawing from Soviet military histories, specialist monographs, Red Army publications, memoirs, and documentary collections on Soviet military organization and Army-Party relations, Erickson (emeritus, defense studies, U. or Edinburgh) considers such events as the secret collaboration with the Reichswehr, the military build-up in the Far East, the Tukhachevsky affair, Stalinist purges, and the Winter War in Finland. This edition features a new preface by the author. c. Book News Inc.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714651781
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
This study documents the history of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from its origins in the post-revolutionary Civil War to the battle for Moscow in December 1941. Drawing from Soviet military histories, specialist monographs, Red Army publications, memoirs, and documentary collections on Soviet military organization and Army-Party relations, Erickson (emeritus, defense studies, U. or Edinburgh) considers such events as the secret collaboration with the Reichswehr, the military build-up in the Far East, the Tukhachevsky affair, Stalinist purges, and the Winter War in Finland. This edition features a new preface by the author. c. Book News Inc.
The Soviet High Command: a Military-Political History, 1918-1941
Author: John Erickson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415408608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415408608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941.
The Soviet High Command: a Military-political History, 1918-1941
Author: John Erickson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136339523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 913
Book Description
An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136339523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 913
Book Description
An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941.
The Soviet Airborne Experience
Author: David M. Glantz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915826
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Contents: The Prewar Experience; Evolution of Airborne Forces During World War II; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, January-February 1942; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, February-June 1942; Operational Employment: On the Dnepr, September 1943; Tactical Employment; The Postwar Years.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915826
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Contents: The Prewar Experience; Evolution of Airborne Forces During World War II; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, January-February 1942; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, February-June 1942; Operational Employment: On the Dnepr, September 1943; Tactical Employment; The Postwar Years.
Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies
Author: A. F. Chew
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915982
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915982
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Military History of the Soviet Union
Author: R. Higham
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230108210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This volume provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991. The authors highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War and the collapse of the Soviet Union which marks its twentieth anniversary in 2011.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230108210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This volume provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991. The authors highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War and the collapse of the Soviet Union which marks its twentieth anniversary in 2011.
Toward Combined Arms Warfare
Author: Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915834
Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915834
Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The Culture of Military Organizations
Author: Peter R. Mansoor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Examines how military culture forms and changes, as well as its impact on the effectiveness of military organizations.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Examines how military culture forms and changes, as well as its impact on the effectiveness of military organizations.
Finland in World War II
Author: Tiina Kinnunen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004208941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Drawing on innovative scholarship on Finland in World War II, this volume offers a comprehensive narrative of politics and combat, well-argued analyses of the ideological, social and cultural aspects of a society at war, and novel interpretations of the memory of war.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004208941
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Drawing on innovative scholarship on Finland in World War II, this volume offers a comprehensive narrative of politics and combat, well-argued analyses of the ideological, social and cultural aspects of a society at war, and novel interpretations of the memory of war.
Stalin's Reluctant Soldiers
Author: Roger R. Reese
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700607723
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Under Joseph Stalin's iron-fisted rule, the Soviet state tried to forge an army that would be both a shining example of proletarian power and an indomitable deterrent against fascist aggression. In reality, the author reveals, Stalin's grand military experiment failed miserably on both counts before it was finally rescued within the crucible of war. Instead, the author portrays an army at war with itself, focusing on the daily lives of soldiers, officers, and civilians.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700607723
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Under Joseph Stalin's iron-fisted rule, the Soviet state tried to forge an army that would be both a shining example of proletarian power and an indomitable deterrent against fascist aggression. In reality, the author reveals, Stalin's grand military experiment failed miserably on both counts before it was finally rescued within the crucible of war. Instead, the author portrays an army at war with itself, focusing on the daily lives of soldiers, officers, and civilians.