Read more
This book, first published in 1956, analyses the Red Army's strategic planning for a war involving nuclear weapons - whereby the front line is thinned out to protect it from nuclear attack and replaced by large-scale offensive operations in NATO's rear. This book examines Soviet secret services doctrine, and the operating principles.
List of contents
1. The Soviet Stratagem 2. A Classic in Espionage: The ‘Red Orchestra’, 1941-43 3. A Primer in Infiltration: The ‘Red Three’, 1941-43 4. More About Intelligence: Partisans on Reconnaissance Missions 5. A Blueprint for Subversion: The Fall of France, 1940 6. A Study in Political Warfare: The Free German Committee, 1943-45 7. A Plan for Sabotage: Partisans on Operational Missions 8. A Pattern for Revolution: A Satellite is Born 9. The New Warfare Organisation 10. A Leaf out of the German Book 11. On a Point of Law 12. The Soviet Sixth Column
About the author
Otto Heilbrunn
Summary
This book, first published in 1956, analyses the Red Army’s strategic planning for a war involving nuclear weapons – whereby the front line is thinned out to protect it from nuclear attack and replaced by large-scale offensive operations in NATO’s rear. This book examines Soviet secret services doctrine, and the operating principles.
