The Soviet High Command
Author | : John Erickson |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 934 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0714651788 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780714651781 |
Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This study documents the history of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from its origins in the post-revolutionary Civil War to the battle for Moscow in December 1941. Drawing from Soviet military histories, specialist monographs, Red Army publications, memoirs, and documentary collections on Soviet military organization and Army-Party relations, Erickson (emeritus, defense studies, U. or Edinburgh) considers such events as the secret collaboration with the Reichswehr, the military build-up in the Far East, the Tukhachevsky affair, Stalinist purges, and the Winter War in Finland. This edition features a new preface by the author. c. Book News Inc.