The Soviet Military Experience A History of the Soviet Army, 1917-1991
| Author/creator | Reese, Roger R. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor] |
| Description | 224 p. ill 23.400 x 015.600 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Warfare and History Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation <em>The Soviet Military Experience</em>is the first general work to place the Soviet army into its true social, political and international contexts.<br>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:<br>* origins of the Workers and Peasant's Red Army<br>* effects of the Civil War<br>* Bolshevik regime's use of the military as a school of socialism<br>* effects of collectivization and rapid industrialisation of the 1920s and 1930s<br>* Second World War and its profound repercussions<br>* ethnic tensions within the army<br>* effect of Gorbachev's policies of <em>Glasnost</em>and <em>Perestroika</em><br> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 99014259 |
| ISBN | 9780415217200 |
| ISBN | 0415217202 (UK-B Format Paperback) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780415217200 |
| Stock number | 00081154 |