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The Soviet Military Experience Roger R. Reese

The Soviet Military Experience By Roger R. Reese

The Soviet Military Experience by Roger R. Reese

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This is the first general work to place the soviet army into its true social, political and international contexts. It focuses on the aim to create a new type of army that both protected the people and propogated Marxist ideas worldwide.

The Soviet Military Experience Summary

The Soviet Military Experience: A History of the Soviet Army, 1917-1991 by Roger R. Reese

The Soviet Military Experience is the first general work to place the Soviet army into its true social, political and international contexts.
It focuses on the Bolshevik Party's intention to create an army of a new type, whose aim was both to defend the people and propagate Marxist ideals to the rest of the world. It includes discussion of the:
* origins of the Workers and Peasant's Red Army
* effects of the Civil War
* Bolshevik regime's use of the military as a school of socialism
* effects of collectivization and rapid industrialisation of the 1920s and 1930s
* Second World War and its profound repercussions
* ethnic tensions within the army
* effect of Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost and Perestroika

The Soviet Military Experience Reviews

'Roger Reese has written a multi-faceted and well-considered study of the development of the Soviet armed forces.' - SEER

'This is a valuable and lively intorduction to an important subject.' - War in History

About Roger R. Reese

Reese, Roger R.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, List of Russian words and phrases, Map, Introduction, 1. The birth of the Red Army, 2. The Civil War, and Polish-Soviet War, 1917-21, 3. The Red Army between the wars, 1922-39, 4. PUR and the Army: the political side of military service, 5. The Red Army and the Second World War, 1939-45, 6. The cold war years, 1946-91, 7. The war in Afghanistan and the Gorbachev era, 1979-91, Conclusion, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

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GOR006561382
9780415217200
0415217202
The Soviet Military Experience: A History of the Soviet Army, 1917-1991 by Roger R. Reese
Roger R. Reese
Warfare and History
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1999-12-23
220
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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