The Soviet High Command: a Military-political History, 1918-1941: A Military Political History, 1918-1941 (Soviet (Russian) Military Experience Series)

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. A Documentary History Of The Earliest Origins And Formative Years Of The Workers-peasants Red Army From The Civil War To The Initial Disasters Of The War With Germany, The Great Patriotic War, Culminating In The Battle For Moscow In November-december 1941. The Study Makes Extensive Use Of Soviet Military Histories, Specialist Military Monograhs, Red Army Regulations, Military Manuals And Handbooks, Memoirs, Documentary Collections On Soviet Military Organization And Army-party Relations. Unpublished Captured German Military Documents Describe The Secret Red Army-reichswehr Collaboration. Japanese Army Records Provide Detailed Information On The Soviet Military Build-up In The Far East. The Tukhachevskii Affair Is Investigated Together With Stalin's Murderous Military Purge And Its Consequences For The Red Army. Poor Soviet Performance In The Winter War With Finland Prompted Hasty Reforms, But Neither Reorganization Nor Rearmament Was Complete Before The German Invasion In June 1941. First Suffering Catastrophic Loss Inflicted By The Wehrmacht, The Red Army Had Recovered Sufficiently By December 1941 To Defend Moscow And To Counter-attack.--jacket. The Origins Of A New Army -- The Revolutionary Military Command, 1918-1920 -- The Creation Of The Soviet Military Machine -- The Formation Of The Soviet Command, 1918-1920 -- Before The Gates Of Warsaw, 1920 -- Military Debates And Political Decisions, 1921-1926 -- The Struggle For Control Of The Army -- Towards Collaboration With The Reichswehr -- The Reign Of Frunze And The Rise Of Voroshilov, 1924-1926 -- Foreign Adventures And Strategic Priorities -- The Soviet Re-entry Into The Far East: The Problem Of Japan And China -- Military And Naval Trafficking With Germany -- Soviet Preoccupations With War -- The Politics Of Mechanisation -- The Reaction To Threats From East And West -- A Brief Triumph, 1934-1935 -- Plots And Counter-plots -- The Military Purge And The Reconstruction Of The Command -- The Killings, 1937 -- Exeunt Omnes ... -- The Race With Time, 1939-1940 -- The Beginning Of The Ordeal, 1941 -- 'we Are Being Fired On. What Shall We Do?' -- The Battle For Moscow: November-december 1941. John Erickson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "A documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941.". "The study makes extensive use of Soviet military histories, specialist military monograhs, Red Army regulations, military manuals and handbooks, memoirs, documentary collections on Soviet military organization and Army-Party relations. Unpublished captured German military documents describe the secret Red Army-Reichswehr collaboration. Japanese Army records provide detailed information on the Soviet military build-up in the Far East.". "The "Tukhachevskii Affair" is investigated together with Stalin's murderous military purge and its consequences for the Red Army. Poor Soviet performance in the "Winter War" with Finland prompted hasty reforms, but neither reorganization nor rearmament was complete before the German invasion in June 1941. First suffering catastrophic loss inflicted by the Wehrmacht, the Red Army had recovered sufficiently by December 1941 to defend Moscow and to counter-attack."--BOOK JACKET. An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941. THE,SOVIET,HIGH,COMMAND,-,978-0-714-65178-1 THE SOVIET HIGH COMMAND - 978-0-714-65178-1