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The Red Army, 1918-1941 : from vanguard of world revolution to US ally /
Supported in large part by evidence released after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this book follows the career of the Red Army from its birth in 1918 as the designated vanguard of world revolution to its affiliation in 1941 with 'the citadel of capitalism', the United States. Effectiven...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Frank Cass,
2004.
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| Colección: | Cass series--strategy and history ;
7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Supported in large part by evidence released after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this book follows the career of the Red Army from its birth in 1918 as the designated vanguard of world revolution to its affiliation in 1941 with 'the citadel of capitalism', the United States. Effectiveness of leadership and military doctrine are particular concerns here, and Josef Stalin is the dominant personality. On the basis of the Russian Civil War (1918-20), the Red Army began to bill itself as 'an army of a new type', inherently superior to all others. However, in late 1920, the Poles trounce it soundly. Later, Soviet intervention in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) reveals widespread obsolescence in armament and equipment. The Nazi--Soviet Pact of August 1939 gives Germany and the USSR a free hand to act against Poland. However, slack performance by the Red Army in the unopposed occupation of eastern Poland and the bungled war with Finland in the winter of 1939-40 necessitate sweeping military reforms. Germany was an enemy in 1918, ally in the 1920s, enemy again in 1933, ally again in 1939, and the enemy once more in 1941, following the German invasion on 22 June 1941.; This brings on a catastrophe that by the year's end has consumed nearly the entire pre-invasion Red Army. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, plans |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-402) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203498445 9780203498446 0203582454 9780203582459 1280057939 9781280057939 9786610057931 6610057931 9780714655512 0714655511 020360833X 9780203608333 1135769184 9781135769185 9781135769130 1135769133 9781135769178 1135769176 0429233647 9780429233647 |
| ISSN: | 1473-6403 ; |