Volume two of the set provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991.The sixteen chapters show how the Bolsheviks survived the end of the First World War, the struggles against the White Armies and the Poles, the Leninist, Trotskyite, and Stalinist reconstructions, the Red Air Force, the Five-Year Plans, and more. Robin Higham and Frederick W. Kagan highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War, the disaster in Afghanistan, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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"...a handy one-volume military history of the Soviet Union that will delight enthusiasts and assist instructors."--Dr. Matthew R. Schwonek, Air and Space Power Journal
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Robin Higham is Professor of History at Kansas State University.
Frederick W. Kagan is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the US Military Academy, West Point.
Frederick W. Kagan is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the US Military Academy, West Point.
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This outstanding collection of essays is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in Russian and Soviet military history. Now that the set is out in paperback, there's no reason not to own this. Here are the contents of this volume:PART I: THE FORMATION OF THE SOVIET ARMY AND NAVY The Russian Civil Wars, 1917-1921; D. Jones The Russo-Polish War; R.Ponichtera & D. Stone Ideology and the Rise of the Red Army, 1917-1929; D. Stone Industry and the Rise of the Red Army, 1929-1941; D. Stone The Rise and Fall of Soviet Operational Art, 1917-1941; F.W. Kagan Dress Rehearsals, 1937-1941; M. Habeck The Great Patriotic War, Barbarossa to Stalingrad; J. Erickson The Great Patriotic War, Rediscovering Operational Art; F.W. Kagan The Red Air Force; M. O'Neill The Russian/Soviet Navy, 1900-1945; C. Lovett PART II: THE SOVIET ARMY AND NAVY IN THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND The Cold War, the Nuclear Revolution; S. Zaloga The Cold War on the Ground, 1945-1979; M. O'Neill The Soviet Cold War Navy; C. Lovett Cold War Defeat: Afganistan; S. McMichael The Soviet Army in Civil Disturbances, 1988-1991; S. Blank The Russian Armed Forces in a Democratic Russia: Conclusions and Prospects; W.E. Odom
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THERE ARE THEMES RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE MILITARY HISTORY of Russia and the Soviet Union that go back to the days when Mongols in the thirteenth century threatened Mother Russia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
naval theory, mechanized corps, balanced fleet, strategic missile force, internal troops, naval art, operational art, strategic arms race, motorized rifle divisions, military commissars, deep battle, naval air arm, strategic nuclear forces, rocket forces, military specialists, tsarist officers, polish forces Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Cold War, New York, Black Sea, Great Patriotic War, Baltic Fleet, Western Front, Eastern Europe, Far East, Port Arthur, Soviet Russia, Communist Party, Naval Institute Press, Korean War, Russo-Japanese War, Third World, Army Group Center, Central Asia, Little Saturn, Pacific Fleet, Political Directorate, Soviet-Afghan War, Westview Press, Admiral Gorshkov New!
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THERE ARE THEMES RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE MILITARY HISTORY of Russia and the Soviet Union that go back to the days when Mongols in the thirteenth century threatened Mother Russia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
naval theory, mechanized corps, balanced fleet, strategic missile force, internal troops, naval art, operational art, strategic arms race, motorized rifle divisions, military commissars, deep battle, naval air arm, strategic nuclear forces, rocket forces, military specialists, tsarist officers, polish forces Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Cold War, New York, Black Sea, Great Patriotic War, Baltic Fleet, Western Front, Eastern Europe, Far East, Port Arthur, Soviet Russia, Communist Party, Naval Institute Press, Korean War, Russo-Japanese War, Third World, Army Group Center, Central Asia, Little Saturn, Pacific Fleet, Political Directorate, Soviet-Afghan War, Westview Press, Admiral Gorshkov New!
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- Collapse of the Soviet Military by Gen. William E. Odom on 5 pages
- Great Terror, the by Robert Conquest on page 78, and page 195
- Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Jack Matlock on page 258, and page 296
- The Sea Power of the State by Sergei Georgi Gorshkov on page 250, and page 257
- How the Revolution Armed: Military Writings and Speeches of Leon Trotsky by L. Trotskii on page 33, and page 49
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- Russian Military Reform, 1992-2002 (Soviet (Russian) Military Institutions) by Anne C. Aldis on page 157, and Back Matter
- RUSSIAN WAR FILMS: On the Cinema Front, 1914-2005 by Denise J. Youngblood in Back Matter
- The Fog of Peace and War Planning: Military and Strategic Planning under Uncertainty (Strategy and History Series) by Monica Toft in Front Matter
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