Carl van Dyke

The Soviet Invasion of Finland, 1939-40

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first-ever concerted effort to use Russian archival and previously classified secondary sources to document the experience of the Red Army in the conflict with Finland. Van Dyke examines the diplomatic, organisational and social aspects of Soviet's 'strategic culture' by first exploring the Leninist interpretation of violence in international relations, and how this legacy influenced Stalin in his use of diplomacy and threat of force to enhance the Soviet Union's 'forward defence' and to address the Baltic Problem in 1939. He documents the Red Army's poor battlefield performances and looks at how it relearnt the techniques lost during Stalin's purge in the late 1930s. The final section of the book examines the Soviet high command's post-war evaluation of the lessons learned, the debates over the re-professionalisation of the officer corps and the effectiveness of the 'unified military doctrine'. This trail-blazing study should become the standard reference on the Soviet-Finnish War for many yearsto come.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780714643144
• ISBN-10: 0714643149
• Artikelnr.: 22139993

Autorenporträt

Carl Van Dyke

Inhaltsangabe

Slavic Review - "In short, this is a first-rate acount of the Finnish War,
a readable and well-iillustrated book with many good maps and photos. I
highly recommend this work to anyone interested in the history of the
Soviet armed forces."
The Journal of Military History - reviewed by Jacob W Kipp - Ft.
Leavenworth, Kansas
"....the significant contribution that Van Dyke has made to the literature
on the Winter War...Carl Van Dyke"s new study of the Russian campaign of
1939-40 makes several important contributions to the study of the Soviet
side of the Winter War."
Military Review - reviewed by LTC Jeff Leser
International History Review- March 99
RUSI- " Soviet Invasion of Finland 1939-40 is an inspiring adventure even
for a Finnish reader... we do hope that some publisher will be enthusiastic
enough to publish it in a Finnish translation, too"
Intelligence and National Security, Vol 14, No 2, Summer 99
"Overall this is an excellent addition to the study of the Winter War and
the evolution of Soviet doctrine."
"An impressive book...a very good book that should appeal to a broad range
of readership interested in the Russo-Finnish war in particular, and
military issues in general."
- Journal of Strategic Studies