248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1985, is the first full-length study of the Soviet Armed Forces as a social institution. Using military manpower as a substantive focus, it identifies those characteristics that the Soviet military shared with counterparts in non-communist systems and those that were unique to the society and political culture in which it was embedded. The discussion encompasses... Read more
1. National Defence Policymaking 2. Soviet Military Manpower Policy 3. Soviet Conscription Policy: the Citizen Soldier in an Authoritarian State 4. The Professional Soldier: Career Military in a Conscript Army 5. The Soviet Political Officer 6. The Military as an Agent for Political Socialization 7. Minorities in Uniform 8. The Armed Forces in Contemporary Soviet Society
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Ellen Jones
