1st Edition
The Soviet Military Experience A History of the Soviet Army, 1917-1991
By Roger R. Reese
Copyright 2000
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Soviet Military Experience is the first general work to place the Soviet army into its true social, political and international contexts. It focuses on the Bolshevik Party's intention to create an army of a new type, whose aim was both to defend the people and propagate Marxist ideals to the rest of the world. It includes discussion of the: * origins of the Workers and Peasant's Red Army *... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, List of Russian words and phrases, Map, Introduction, 1. The birth of the Red Army, 2. The Civil War, and Polish–Soviet War, 1917–21, 3. The Red Army between the wars, 1922–39, 4. PUR and the Army: the political side of military service, 5. The Red Army and the Second World War, 1939–45, 6. The cold war years, 1946–91, 7. The war in Afghanistan and the Gorbachev era, 1979–91, Conclusion, Notes, Select bibliography, Index
Biography
Reese, Roger R.
'Roger Reese has written a multi-faceted and well-considered study of the development of the Soviet armed forces.' - SEER
'This is a valuable and lively intorduction to an important subject.' - War in History
