Stalin's Reluctant Soldier : A Social History of the Red Army, 1925-1941
Overview
"Caught in the borderlands of party politics and military preparedness, the Red Army endured the crucible of Stalin's purges. Reese tells this extraordinary story with an eye for dramatic detail and hidden irony, making full use of rare memoirs and newly accessible materials from Russian archives. A singular contribution to Soviet military history". -- Von Hardesty, author of Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power, 1941-1945. "An original, persuasive, and important contribution to our understanding of Soviet society". -- Mark Von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship: The Red Army and the Soviet-Socialist State, 1917-1930. "A very provocative and engaging book". -- William J. Chase, author of Workers, Society, and the Soviet State.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780700607723
- ISBN-10: 0700607722
- Publisher: University Press of Kansas
- Publish Date: August 1996
- Dimensions: 9.31 x 6.71 x 1.76 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.23 pounds
- Page Count: 280
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