Inside the Soviet Military
Inside the Soviet Military

Author: Carey Schofield

Publisher: New York : Abbeville Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Given unprecedented access by the Soviet top brass to military facilities and personnel, the author spent two years traveling from Leningrad in the west to Vladivostok in the east, from the Arctic Circle in the far north to the deserts of Central Asia in the south. This book is an exercise in glasnost and a "landmark in East-West relations." All aspects of military life are covered, from the organ. of the forces to the morale of the officer corps, from the daily life of the ordinary conscript to the special operations of the elite paratroopers and Spetsnaz. Looks at issues of conscription, training, career progression, and the legacy of Afghanistan. 250 full-color photos.

Soviet Military Operational Art
Soviet Military Operational Art

Author: David M. Glantz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780714640778

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David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945.

The Collapse of the Soviet Military
The Collapse of the Soviet Military

Author: William E. Odom

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 9780300074697

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In this book, a distinguished United States Army officer and scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arguing that it had a far greater impact on Soviet politics and economic development than was perceived in the West. Drawing on interviews with key actors in the Soviet Union before, during, and after its collapse in 1991, General William E. Odom tells a riveting and important story.

Soviet Military Strategy in Space
Soviet Military Strategy in Space

Author: Nicholas L. Johnson

Publisher: Ihs Global Incorporated

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 298

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I bogen undersøges Sovjets deltagelse og rolle i militariseringen af det ydre rum fra den første sputnik i okt. 1957 til anti-satellit-systemer og ripost på USAs SDI.

The Threat
The Threat

Author: Andrew Cockburn

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 552

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Draws on interviews with emigres, samizdat, and U.S. intelligence sources for a picture of the functions and dysfunctions of today's Soviet military machine.

Smersh
Smersh

Author: Dr. Vadim Birstein

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1849546894

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SMERSH is the award-winning account of the top-secret counterintelligence organisation that dealt with Stalin's enemies from within the shadowy recesses of Soviet government. As James Bond's nemesis in Ian Fleming's novels, SMERSH and its operatives were depicted in exotic duels with 007, rather than fostering the bleak oppression and terror they actually spread in the name of their dictator. Stalin drew a veil of secrecy over SMERSH's operations in 1946, but that did not stop him using it to terrify Red Army dissenters in Leningrad and Moscow, or to abduct and execute suspected spooks - often without cause - across mainland Europe. Formed to mop up Nazi spy rings at the end of the Second World War, SMERSH gained its name from a combination of the Russian words for 'Death to Spies'. Successive Communist governments suppressed traces of Stalin's political hit squad; now Vadim Birstein lays bare the surgical brutality with which it exerted its influence as part of the paranoid regime, both within the Soviet Union and in the wider world. SMERSH was the most mysterious and secret of organisations - this definitive and magisterial history finally reveals truths that lay buried for nearly fifty years.