Why Stalin's Soldiers Fought The Red Army's Military Effectiveness in World War II

Name: Why Stalin's Soldiers Fought The Red Army's Military Effectiveness in World War II
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ISBN: 9780700617760

ISBN-10: 0700617760

ISBN-13: 9780700617760

Edition: 2011

Authors: Roger R. Roger R. Reese

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Inept leadership, inefficient campaigning, and enormous losses would seem to spell military disaster. Yet despite these factors, the Soviet Union won its war against Nazi Germany thanks to what Roger Reese calls its "military effectiveness": its ability to put troops in the field even after previous forces had been decimated. Reese probes the human dimension of the Red Army in World War II through a close analysis of soldiers' experiences and attitudes concerning mobilization, motivation, and morale. In doing so, he illuminates the Soviets' remarkable ability to recruit and retain soldiers, revealing why so many were willing to fight in the service of a repressive regime-and how that…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 4/28/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


A Note on Transliteration and Names


Terms and Abbreviations



Military Effectiveness



Perspectives on Military Effectiveness



The Winter War as Predictor of Military Effectiveness in the Great Patriotic War



Surrender or Capture: A New Appreciation



New Perspectives on the Great Encirclements of 1941



The Small-Unit and Individual Experiences of Encirclement



Mobilizing Society



The Great Patriotic War: The Mobilization of Society for Armed Service



Mobilizing the Nonvolunteers



Motivation and Morale



The Fear Factor



Discipline, Hate, Ideology, and Propaganda



Leadership, Rewards, Morale, and the Primary Group



Failures in Effectiveness



Russia's Female Soldiers



Perspectives on Women's Motivation in the Great Patriotic War



The Female Experience of Military Service and War


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index