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Stalin's reluctant soldiers : a social history of the Red Army, 1925-1941

1996

Format:	Book
Author:	Reese, Roger R.
Title:	Stalin's reluctant soldiers : a social history of the Red Army, 1925-1941 / Roger R. Reese.
Publisher, Date:	Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1996.
Description:	xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	Under Joseph Stalin's iron-fisted rule, the Soviet state tried to forge an army that would be both a shining example of proletarian power and an indomitable deterrent against fascist aggression. In reality, the author reveals, Stalin's grand military experiment failed miserably on both counts before it was finally rescued within the crucible of war. Instead, the author portrays an army at war with itself, focusing on the daily lives of soldiers, officers, and civilians.
Series:	Modern war studies Modern war studies.
Subjects:	Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- History. Sociology, Military -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century. Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.
Contents:	Organization and training of the regular army and territorial forces -- Daily life, conditions of service, and discipline -- PUR and the army : the nonmilitary side of military service -- The Red Army officer corps -- The purge and further expansion -- The last eighteen months of the Red Army : November 1939 to June 1941 -- The predictable disaster and the end of the Red Army : 22 June to December 1941.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	96004252
ISBN:	9780700607723 0700607722
Other Number:	34076217
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Control Number:	81534
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Call Number:	355.00947 Reese

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