CiNii 図書 - Soviet military doctrine from Lenin to Gorbachev, 1915-1991

The more uncertain the developments in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union become, the more urgent is the need to understand Soviet military thinking over 75-year span of Soviet history. Although other books discuss various aspects of Soviet military thought, this study by senior scholars more thoroughly combines the perspectives of history and the social sciences to understand Soviet military doctrine, experience, and tendencies from its birth with Lenin's militarization of Marxism in 1915 to the far-reaching changes introduced by Gorbachev--with all the attendant dilemmas and tensions up to the coup and revolutionary upheavals of 1991. This appraisal of the Soviet way of war is significant for scholars and professionals in Soviet studies, military affairs, and international politics. This collection shows how ideology, technology, experience, and personalities have shaped Soviet military doctrine since the Bolshevik Revolution. This study defines the shifting interplay of defensive and offensive strategies at different times, various policies for dealing with perceived threats of nuclear or conventional war, and reviews current discussions and future policy directions. First, the book describes the form and content of Soviet military doctrine from Lenin's creation of its premises in 1915 until Gorbachev's refutation of these premises in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Next, the book examines Soviet military thinking in light of the experiences of World War I and the Russian Civil War, the episodes of the interwar years, World War II, and the Cold War. The book then assesses the key issues that have marked the changing political and military landscape in the last years of the pre-coup Soviet Union. Included is the text of the last full statement of Soviet military doctrine before the coup and the breakup of the old Soviet Union. Finally, the book presents a window into the enduring proclivities of the Soviet/Russian way of war to provide a context for meeting the future and tempering its uncertainties. A concluding bibliographical essay points to significant literature on Soviet military doctrine.

Preface Introduction Setting Soviet Military Doctrine: Form and Content by Robert B. Bathurst Bases of Soviet Military Doctrine by Bruce W. Menning New Thinking and Soviet Military Doctrine by Raymond L. Garthoff Development Lenin and Clausewitz: The Militarization of Marxism, 1914-1921 by Jacob W. Kipp Soviet Military Doctrine and the Origins of Operational Art, 1917-1936 by Jacob W. Kipp Developing Offensive Success: The Soviet Conduct of Operational Maneuver by David M. Glantz Soviet Military Doctrine in the Nuclear Era. 1945-1985 by Harriet Fast Scott The Dilemma in Moscow's Defensive Force Posture by Mary C. FitzGerald Issues The Soviet Military and Change: Implications for the West by Dale R. Herspring Reasonable Sufficiency and Changes in Soviet Security Thinking by Roy Allison Implementing Defensive Doctrine: The Role of Soviet Military Science by Kent D. Lee Soviet Military Doctrine: Past and Present by Valentin V. Larionov Four Models of Force Counterpositioning An Interpretation of General Larionov's Diagram by Lester W. Grau Soviet Military Strategy: Context and Future Prospects by Graham H. Turbiville and David M. Glantz Response by Valentin V. Larionov The Soviet Image of Future War: The Impact of "Desert Storm" by Mary C. FitzGerald Appendix Introduction Draft Statements on Military Reform (Excerpts) and Military Doctrine (Complete), USSR Ministry of Defense Index

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