G.S. Isserson and the War of the Future: Key Writings of a Soviet Military Theorist

by G.S. Isserson

Overview

Georgii Samoilovich Isserson (1898-1976) was one of the most prescient and prolific authors on military art in the years preceding World War II. His theories greatly influenced the Red Army's conduct of operations and were instrumental in achieving victory over Germany. This book gathers together for the first time English translations of Isserson's most influential works, including some that are still classified. His writings on the preparation and conduct of the deep offensive operation--the deployment of tanks, mechanized infantry, air power and airborne troops to penetrate deeply echeloned defenses--also serve as a primer on how to construct a position to defeat such an attack. His well argued defense of the deep operation based on an examination of recent wars and his reminiscences about the people and events that shaped Soviet military theory in the 1930s are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476623900
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	07/25/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	332
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard W. Harrison lives in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. A former investigator with the Department of Defense’s POW/MIA office in Moscow and an independent researcher, Harrison has also taught Russian history and military history at the college and university level.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Lieutenant General
Paul K. Van Riper, USMC (Ret.)
Preface by Richard W. Harrison
About the Translation
A Short Biography of G.S. Isserson
One—The Evolution of Operational Art (1932)
Two—“The Fundamentals of the Deep Operation” (1933)
Three—“The Fundamentals of the Defensive Operation” (1938)
Four—“The Fundamentals of Conducting Operations” (1939)
Five—The New Forms of Struggle (1940)
Six—“The Development of the Theory of Soviet Operational Art in the 1930s” (1965)
Chapter Notes
Index

Editorial Reviews

rich material for both the military and non-military student”—H-Net Reviews; “Harrison has over the last two decades made major contributions to the study of the Russian/Soviet way of war...this book belongs on the respective shelves of all professional officers”—The Russian Review.

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