472 Pages
by
Routledge
472 Pages
by
Routledge
472 Pages
by
Routledge
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This up-to-date analysis of the development and organization of the Soviet Armed Forces provides a profound insight into the military thinking that has determined the course of Soviet military history from the birth of the first Communist armed forces organization to the present. The eminent authors of this book have drawn on thousands of Soviet Ministry of Defense publications—only a very few of... Read more
Preface -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Prologue: The Red Army -- Fundamentals of Soviet Military Doctrine and Strategy -- Postwar Development of Soviet Military Doctrine and Strategy -- Military Science -- A Military Force for the Nuclear Age -- The Soviet High Command -- The Soviet Military Services -- Military Districts, Fleets, Border Guards, and MVD Troops -- Supporting Services and Special Troops -- A Nation in Arms -- The Party and the Armed Forces -- The Soviet Military-Industrial Complex and Defense Costs -- Soviet Military Manpower, Training, and Mobilization -- Preparation, Education, and Training of Soviet Officers -- Weighing the Balance -- Appendixes -- Women in the Soviet Armed Forces -- Soviet Military Ranks -- Addendum to the Second Edition
Biography
"Harriet Fast Scott is a senior research associate at the Center for Advanced International Affairs, University of Miami, and a consultant on Soviet military and political affairs to several major research organizations. Colonel William F. Scott, USAF retired, served two tours of duty in the USSR as senior air attache and also served with the U.S. Department of State and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Dr. Scott is now professor in the Russian Area Studies Program at Georgetown University. The Scotts own the largest private collection of Soviet military publications in the United States."
