The Soviet High Command: A Militarypolitical History 19181941

by John Erickson

Overview

This book aims to furnish a history of the origins and development of Soviet military leadership, together with a survey of its relations with the Communist Party and the governmental apparatus, within the chronological limits of the first attempts to organise the Red Army and a military command.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367311469
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2024
Pages:	916
Product dimensions:	5.69(w) x 8.81(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface — Preface to the First Edition — Introduction — The Origins of a New Army — The Revolutionary Military Command, 1918–1920 — The Creation of the Soviet Military Machine — The Formation of the Soviet Command: 1918–1920 — Before the Gates of Warsaw: 1920 — Military Debates and Political Decisions, 1921-1926 — The Struggle for Control of the Army — Towards Collaboration with the 'Reichswehr' — The Reign of Frunze and the Rise of Voroshilov: 1924–1926 — Foreign Adventures and Strategic Priorities — The Soviet Re-entry into The Far East: The Problem of Japan and China — Military and Naval Trafficking with Germany — Soviet Preoccupations with War — The Politics of Mechanisation — The Reaction to threats from East and West — A Brief Triumph: 1934–1935 — Plots and Counter-plots — The Military Purge and the Reconstruction of the Command — The Killings: 1937 — Exeunt Omnes . . . — The Race with Time: 1939-1940 — The Beginning of the Ordeal: 1941 — 'We are being fired on. What'shall we do?' — The Battle for Moscow: November-December 1941 — Appendixes — General Appendix — Attestation: Command and Political Staff, Red Army — (material from the period 1918–20) On the Supreme Military Soviet — (material from the period 1923–7) — (materials from the period 1936-7) — (materials from the period 1939–41)