The Soviet Art Of War

Doctrine, Strategy, And Tactics
Herausgeber: Scott, Harriet Fast; Scott, William F.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Soviet Art of War makes available to Western readers selections from the most significant and influential Soviet military writings from 1917 to the present. The emphasis is on military art and its major components-strategy, operational art, doctrine, and tactics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9780367311391
• ISBN-10: 0367311399
• Artikelnr.: 71231469

Autorenporträt

Harriet Fast Scott spent four years in Moscow during her husband's two tours of duty at the U.S. Embassy there. She is now a senior research associate at the Center for Advanced International Affairs, University of Miami, and is a consultant on Soviet military and political affairs to both government and private research organizations. William F. Scott, Colonel, USAF retired, served two tours of duty in the USSR as senior air attaché and as defense and air attaché. Dr. Scott now teaches at Georgetown University, lectures at other universities and colleges, and serves as a consultant. Both Dr. and Mrs. Scott have been defense policy advisers to President Reagan. They own the largest private collection of Soviet military publications in the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Early Development of Soviet Military Thought, 1917
1941
War and Revolution
A Unified Military Doctrine for the Red Army
On Military Doctrine of the Future
Strategy
Tactics and Strategy
Economics and War
Fundamentals of Naval Strategy
Principles of Waging Battle
What Is New in the Development of Red Army Tactics
The Fundamentals of Air Forces Employment
The Organization and Use of Airborne Landing Parties
Fundamentals of the Operational
Tactical Use of Ground
Attack Aviation
The Base Traitors of the Socialist Motherland Are Unmasked and Crushed
The Great Partiotic War and the Last Years of the Stalin Era, 1941
1953
Order of the People's Commissar of Defense, 23 February 1942, No. 55
On the Characteristic Features of Stalin's Military Art
The Brilliant Military Leader of the Great Patriotic War
Development of Soviet Military Science After the Second World War
Stages of Development of the Historiography of the Great Patriotic War
June 22, 1941
The Officers of the General Staff and Their Work
Half
Century Journey of Soviet Military Science
Important Soviet Military Operations of the Great Patriotic War
The Revolution in Military Affairs, 1953
1959
On the Question of the Character of the Laws of Military Science
Factors Determining the Fate of Contemporary War
On Modern Soviet Military Art and Its Characteristic Features
Development of Soviet Military Science After the Second World War
The Development of Soviet Military Science
Conclusions
The Drive for Nuclear Status, 1960
1968
Disarmament for Durable Peace and Friendship
Address to the Fourth Session of the Supreme Soviet, USSR
Address to the Twenty
Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Strengthening of the Armed Forces and the Defense Potential of the Soviet Union
Military
Strategic Features of a Future World War
The Development of Soviet Military Science
The Development of Soviet Naval Science
Determining the Correlation of Forces in Terms of Nuclear Weapons
Methodology of Determining the Correlation of Nuclear Forces
Trends in the Use of Aviation in Nuclear War
The Growing Role of Airborne Troops in Modern Military Operations
The Encirclement and Destruction of the Enemy During Combat Operations Not Involving the Use of Nuclear Weapons
Development of A Controlled Conflict Capability, 1969
1973
Characteristic Features of Modern War and Possible Methods of Conducting Them
Evolution in the Relationship Between Strategy, Operational Art, and Tactics
Changes in the Methods and Form of Conducting Military Operations
Conclusions
Navies in War and Peace
Tactics
A Component Part of Military Art
Opening Era of Power Projection, 1974
19??
Military Strategy
War and Army
Development of the External Function of the Army of the Soviet State of the Entire People at the Present Stage
V. I. Lenin and Soviet Military Science
Knowledge of the Military Processes in their Changes and Development
The Armed Forces of the Soviet State
Contemporary Problems of Naval Art
Seizing and Holding the Initiative in Combat
Tactics: Development Trends
The BMP in Combat
Conclusions
Soviet Military Ranks
Other Westview Titles of Interest