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Forging Stalin's Army Marshal Tukhachevsky And The Politics Of Military Innovation
By Sally Stoecker
Copyright 1998
226 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This innovative study examines the early years of the Red Army as it developed from a revolutionary partisan force into a modern, professional institution under the leadership of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, an important and controversial figure in the politics of the Stalin period. Sally Stoecker combines her institutional analysis of the formative period of the Soviet military with an astute look at... Read more
Foreword -- Introduction: The Context for Innovation in Stalin’s Army -- Politics and Military Priorities: Building a Case for More Resources -- The Impact of the Far East Threats and Encounters on Innovation -- The Clandestine Collaboration Between the Reichswehr and the Red Army -- The Acquisition and Adaptation of Foreign Models The Case of Tank Development -- Marshal Tukhachevsky: Enigmatic Military Entrepreneur -- Postscript: Yezhovshchina and the End of Innovation -- Concluding Remarks
Biography
Sally Stoecker
