TY  - GEN
T1  - The Red Army, 1918-1941 : from vanguard of world revolution to US ally
T2  - Cass series--strategy and history ;
A1  - Ziemke, Earl F., 1922-2007
LA  - English
PP  - London ; New York
PB  - Frank Cass
YR  - 2004
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm56588320
AB  - Supported in large part by evidence released after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this book follows the career of the Red Army from its birth in 1918 as the designated vanguard of world revolution to its affiliation in 1941 with 'the citadel of capitalism', the United States. Effectiveness of leadership and military doctrine are particular concerns here, and Josef Stalin is the dominant personality. On the basis of the Russian Civil War (1918-20), the Red Army began to bill itself as 'an army of a new type', inherently superior to all others. However, in late 1920, the Poles trounce it soundly. Later, Soviet intervention in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) reveals widespread obsolescence in armament and equipment. The Nazi--Soviet Pact of August 1939 gives Germany and the USSR a free hand to act against Poland. However, slack performance by the Red Army in the unopposed occupation of eastern Poland and the bungled war with Finland in the winter of 1939-40 necessitate sweeping military reforms. Germany was an enemy in 1918, ally in the 1920s, enemy again in 1933, ally again in 1939, and the enemy once more in 1941, following the German invasion on 22 June 1941.; This brings on a catastrophe that by the year's end has consumed nearly the entire pre-invasion Red Army.
OP  - 415
CN  - DK266.3 .Z54 2004eb
SN  - 0203498445
SN  - 9780203498446
SN  - 0203582454
SN  - 9780203582459
SN  - 1280057939
SN  - 9781280057939
SN  - 9786610057931
SN  - 6610057931
SN  - 9780714655512
SN  - 0714655511
SN  - 020360833X
SN  - 9780203608333
SN  - 1135769184
SN  - 9781135769185
SN  - 9781135769130
SN  - 1135769133
SN  - 9781135769178
SN  - 1135769176
SN  - 0429233647
SN  - 9780429233647
SN  - 9780415408653
KW  - Soviet Union. : Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a : History.
KW  - Soviet Union. : Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a
KW  - Soviet Union : History, Military.
KW  - Soviet Union : Military policy.
KW  - Russia & Former Soviet Republics.
KW  - Armies.
KW  - Military & Naval Science.
KW  - Regions & Countries : Europe.
KW  - Law, Politics & Government.
KW  - History & Archaeology.
KW  - URSS : Histoire militaire.
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING : Military Science.
KW  - HISTORY : Military : Other.
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - Military history
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