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Author Ziemke, Earl F., 1922-2007.

Title The Red Army, 1918-1941 : from vanguard of world revolution to US ally / Earl F. Ziemke.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, plans.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cass series--strategy and history, 1473-6403 ; 7
Cass series--strategy and history ; 7. 1473-6403
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-402) and index.
Contents 1. The military revolutionary committee -- 2. 'All power to the Soviets' -- 3. Birth of the Red Army, war, and peace -- 4. 'In a fiery ring of fronts' -- 5. An armed camp -- 6. The test of battle on three fronts -- 7. The decisive battles -- 8. Defeat and victory -- 9. Class war and military reform -- 10. The new order -- 11. The Red Army and the Reichswehr -- 12. The Tukhachevskiy era -- 13. Stalin's military reform -- 14. Approaching the 'second imperialist war' -- 15. The 'most pressing and deadly threat' -- 16. War plans -- 17. Stalin deceived -- 18. The Red Army at bay -- 19. The heartland in Peril -- 20. The heartland preserved -- 21. Conclusion.
Summary Supported in large part by evidence released after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this book follows the career of the Red Army from its birth in 1918 as the designated vanguard of world revolution to its affiliation in 1941 with 'the citadel of capitalism', the United States. Effectiveness of leadership and military doctrine are particular concerns here, and Josef Stalin is the dominant personality. On the basis of the Russian Civil War (1918-20), the Red Army began to bill itself as 'an army of a new type', inherently superior to all others. However, in late 1920, the Poles trounce it soundly. Later, Soviet intervention in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) reveals widespread obsolescence in armament and equipment. The Nazi--Soviet Pact of August 1939 gives Germany and the USSR a free hand to act against Poland. However, slack performance by the Red Army in the unopposed occupation of eastern Poland and the bungled war with Finland in the winter of 1939-40 necessitate sweeping military reforms. Germany was an enemy in 1918, ally in the 1920s, enemy again in 1933, ally again in 1939, and the enemy once more in 1941, following the German invasion on 22 June 1941.; This brings on a catastrophe that by the year's end has consumed nearly the entire pre-invasion Red Army.
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Subject Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a -- History.
Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a.
History.
Soviet Union. Red Army -- History.
Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a.
Soviet Union -- History, Military.
Soviet Union.
History, Military.
Soviet Union -- Military policy.
Military policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
Other Form: Print version: Ziemke, Earl Frederick, 1922- Red Army, 1918-1941. London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2004 0714655511 (DLC) 2003069681 (OCoLC)53967048
ISBN 0203498445 (electronic book)
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9781280057939
0714655511 (Cloth)
9786610057931
6610057931