The Military Strategy of the Soviet Union: A History

The Military Strategy of the Soviet Union: A History
ISBN-10
1135190054
ISBN-13
9781135190057
Category
History
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2019-10-01
Publisher
Routledge
Author
David M. Glantz

Description

Armed revolution and civil war gave birth to the Soviet Union, world War II propelled it to global pre-eminence, and the Cold War contributed to the Soviet Union's demise. Given Marxism-Leninism's idological preoccupation with war and threats of war, it is understandable that the spectre of war should play a vital role in the life and fate of the Soviet state. This study of Soviet military strategy is based upon the twin pillars of Soviet political-military actions and Soviet writings on the subject of military strategy. Thanks to the policy of glasnost, it incorporates Soviet materials hitherto unavailable in the West. It aims to be not simply a retrospective account of what was, but to form part of the context for what will be in the future.

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