John Erickson (ed.)

The Soviet High Command

A Military-Political History, 1918-1941: A Military Political History, 1918-1941
Herausgeber: Erickson, John

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Produktbeschreibung

An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 928
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 1378g
• ISBN-13: 9780415408608
• ISBN-10: 0415408601
• Artikelnr.: 22536031

Autorenporträt

John Erickson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - the origins of a new army. Part One The revolutionary
military command, 1918-1920: the creation of the Soviet military machine;
the formation of the Soviet Command, 1918-1920; before the gates of Warsaw,
1920. Part Two Military debates and political decisions, 1921-1926: the
struggle for control of the Army; towards collaboration with the
Reichswehr; the reign of Frunz and the rise of Voroshilov, 1924-1926. Part
Three Foreign adventures and strategic priorities: the Soviet re-entry into
the Far East: the problem of Japan and China; military and naval
trafficking with Germany; Soviet preoccupations with war. Part Four The
politics of mechanization: the reaction to threats from east and west; a
brief triumph, 1934-1935; plots and counter-plots. Part Five The military
purge and the reconstruction of command: the killings, 1937; exeunt
omnes...; the race with time, 1939-1940. Part Six The beginning of the
ordeal, 1941: we are being fired on. What shall we do?; the battle for
Moscow - November-December 1941; the prospect.