Bolsheviks and the Red Army 1918-1921

Klappentext The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history. Zusammenfassung The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history! and in this pioneering study Francesco Benvenuti provides a detailed analysis of the politics (as opposed to the operational activities) of the Red Army during the Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The disintegration of the Imperial Army; 2. The birth of the Red Army; 3. Reorganization on the battlefield; 4. Opposition within the party; 5. Military policy at the 8th Congress; 6. Rupture and reconciliation; 7. Peace or war; 8. Continuing political tensions.

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Benvenuti
• Assisted by: Christopher Woodall (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521093170
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09317-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education