The Soviet High Command: A Military-Political History, 1918-1941 - A Military Political History, 1918-1941

An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War.

List of contents

Introduction - the origins of a new army. Part One The revolutionary military command, 1918-1920: the creation of the Soviet military machine; the formation of the Soviet Command, 1918-1920; before the gates of Warsaw, 1920. Part Two Military debates and political decisions, 1921-1926: the struggle for control of the Army; towards collaboration with the Reichswehr; the reign of Frunz and the rise of Voroshilov, 1924-1926. Part Three Foreign adventures and strategic priorities: the Soviet re-entry into the Far East: the problem of Japan and China; military and naval trafficking with Germany; Soviet preoccupations with war. Part Four The politics of mechanization: the reaction to threats from east and west; a brief triumph, 1934-1935; plots and counter-plots. Part Five The military purge and the reconstruction of command: the killings, 1937; exeunt omnes...; the race with time, 1939-1940. Part Six The beginning of the ordeal, 1941: we are being fired on. What shall we do?; the battle for Moscow - November-December 1941; the prospect.

About the author

John Erickson

Summary

An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Erickson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2001
• EAN: 9780714651781
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5178-1
• No. of pages: 928
• Weight: 1315 g
• Series: Soviet Russian Military Institutions
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Military life & institutions, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era