LEADER 03280nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910963941403321 005 20251116173538.0 010 $a1-135-76917-6 010 $a0-429-23364-7 010 $a0-203-60833-X 010 $a1-135-76918-4 010 $a1-280-05793-9 010 $a0-203-49844-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203498446 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255233 035 $a(EBL)183138 035 $a(OCoLC)437056386 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250866 035 $a(PQKB)11783321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC183138 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL183138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10093883 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5793 035 $a(OCoLC)56588320 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255233 100 $a20031222d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Red Army, 1918-1941 $efrom vanguard of world revolution to US ally /$fEarl F. Ziemke 210 $aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. $cFrank Cass$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (454 p.) 225 1 $aCass series--strategy and history,$x1473-6403 ;$v7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-40865-2 311 08$a0-7146-5551-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Glossary of Terms; List of Abbreviations; The Military Revolutionary Committee; 'All Power to the Soviets'; Birth of the Red Army, War, and Peace; 'In a Fiery Ring of Fronts'; An Armed Camp; The Test of Battle on Three Fronts; The Decisive Battles; Defeat and Victory; Class War and Military Reform; The New Order; The Red Army and the Reichswehr; The Tukhachevskiy Era; Stalin's Military Reform; Approaching the 'Second Imperialist War'; The 'Most Pressing and Deadly Threat'; War Plans 327 $aStalin DeceivedThe Red Army at Bay; The Heartland in Peril; The Heartland Preserved; Conclusion; Code Names; Notes on Historiography; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSupported in large part by evidence released after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this book follows the career of the Red Army from its birth in 1918 as the designated vanguard of world revolution to its affiliation in 1941 with 'the citadel of capitalism', the United States. Effectiveness of leadership and military doctrine are particular concerns here, and Josef Stalin is the dominant personality.On the basis of the Russian Civil War (1918-20), the Red Army began to bill itself as 'an army of a new type', inherently superior to all others. However, in late 1920, the Poles trounce 410 0$aCass series--strategy and history ;$v7. 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 607 $aSoviet Union$xHistory, Military 607 $aSoviet Union$xMilitary policy 676 $a355/.033047 700 $aZiemke$b Earl Frederick$f1922-$0566620 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963941403321 996 $aThe Red Army, 1918-1941$94486801 997 $aUNINA