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Title: The Military Strategy of the Soviet Union: A History

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Paperback, 2004

Details
Series:             Cass Series on Soviet Military Theory and Practice
Language:        English

Size
Weight:        1.5 Pounds
Height:         9.3 Inches
Width:          6 Inches
Thickness:    1.3 Inches


Publisher Notes

Armed revolution and civil war gave birth to the Soviet Union, world War II propelled it to global pre-eminence, and the Cld 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.