LEADER 00000cam a2200673Ia 4500 001 ocn880827195 003 OCoLC 005 20170728052132.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140531t20132002enkb ob 001 0 eng d 019 919304011 020 9781135282943|q(electronic book) 020 1135282943|q(electronic book) 020 9781135283018 020 113528301X 020 |z9780714652030 035 (OCoLC)880827195|z(OCoLC)919304011 037 9781135283018|bIngram Content Group 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dN$T|dE7B|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dTYFRS|dOCL |dOCLCQ|dNLE|dOCL|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 DL1096|b.S73 2013eb 072 7 HIS|x044000|2bisacsh 082 04 948.9703/2|223 090 DL1096|b.S73 2013eb 245 00 Stalin and the Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940 /|cedited in Russian by E.N. Kulkov ; foreword by A.O. Chubaryan, introduced and edited in English by H. Shukman, translated by Tatyana Sokokina. 264 1 Abingdon, Oxon ;|aNew York :|bRoutledge,|c2013. 264 4 |c©2002 300 1 online resource :|bmaps. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Meeting of the Command Personnel at the Central Committee at the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) for Collecting Experience in the War Operations against Finland, 14-17 April, Verbatim Record -- First Session, 14 April 1940, Evening -- Second Session, 15 April 1940, Morning -- Third Session, 15 April 1940, Evening -- Fourth Session, 16 April 1940, Morning -- Fifth Session, 16 April 1940, Evening -- Sixth Session, 17 April 1940, Morning -- Seventh Session, 17 April 1940, Evening. 506 Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk.|5StEdNL 520 From 14-17 April 1940, a meeting was held in the Kremlin to examine and analyze the performance of the Red Army in the recent Soviet-Finnish War. The participants were all the army commanders who had taken part in the campaign, and some members of the Politburo, notably Stalin, Molotov and Voroshilov. This book is an English translation of the verbatim record held in the Russian State Socio-Political History Archives in Moscow. Marshals Kliment Voroshilov and Grigory Kulik co-chaired the sessions, but it was Stalin who guided the proceedings. Forty-six regimental, divisional, corps, army and front commanders, and senior Red Army officials delivered their reports and engaged in debate. Stalin gave a long speech at the closing of the last session in which he expounded his views on all aspects of military policy. This unique document is the sole verbatim record of a secret meeting at which fundamental issues of military policy and the state of the armed forces were discussed, and a programme of further military construction chartered. The report reveals the atmosphere of Soviet summits, as well as the mentality of senior figures. It conveys a real picture of the war through the eyes of the responsible participants, from political leaders to commanders of military units. The materials of the meeting are a valuable source for the study of the history of the Soviet Union and international relations during a time of complex diplomatic manoeuvring. They clarify the mechanisms of decision-making by Soviet leaders at the onset of the World War II, and depict specific features of the dictatorial autocracy which overwhelmingly determined the life of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Armed Forces.--Publisher description. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 647 7 Russo-Finnish War|d(1939-1940)|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1102467 648 7 1939-1940|2fast 650 0 Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85116032|vSources.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012007 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Sources.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423900 700 1 Rzheshevskiĭ, O. A.|q(Oleg Aleksandrovich),|d1924-|0https: //id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81074351 700 1 Kulʹkov, E. N.|q(Evgeniĭ Nikolaevich)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n84081065 700 1 Shukman, Harold.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n50022965 700 1 Sokokina, Tatyana. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aKulkov, E.N.|tStalin and the Soviet- Finnish War, 1939-1940.|dHoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014|z9780714652030 830 0 Cass series on the Soviet (Russian) study of war.|0https:/ /id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98127634 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=782861|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20170802|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic new 994 92|bRID