The collapse of the Soviet military /

One of the great surprises in modern military history was the collapse of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1991 - along with the party-state with which it was inextricably intertwined. In this book, a distinguished United States Army officer and scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Odom, William E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
HISTORY > Military > Pictorial.
HISTORY > General.
Soviet Union > History, Military.
URSS > Histoire militaire.
Soviet Union.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Soviet philosophy of war
  • Party, state, and military structure
  • How the military was manned
  • The permanent war economy
  • Military strategy
  • Deciding to change course
  • Defensive doctrine and arms reductions
  • Glasnost and the public debate
  • Legislating military reform
  • The intractable party-military connection
  • The intractable military-industrial sector
  • The army and maintaining domestic order
  • From force reductions to disintegration
  • The August crisis
  • Illusions of another chance
  • The illusion of the CIS armed forces.

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