The Military History of the Soviert Union
Editorial Palgrave Macmillan
Lugar de edición
Portugal
Fecha de edición diciembre 2010
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780230108394
336 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
Resumen del libro
This comprehensive volume provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991.The sixteen chapters show how the Bolsheviks survived the end of the First World War, the struggles against the White Armies and the Poles, the Leninist, Trotskyite, and Stalinist reconstructions, the Red Air Force, the Five-Year Plans, and more. Robin Higham and Frederick W. Kagan highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War, the disaster in Afghanistan, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
