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The Soviet High Command, 1967-1989: Personalities and Politics
By (Author) Dale Roy Herspring
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
355.0092247
Paperback
342
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
595g
The recent transformations in the USSR are nowhere more evident than in the Soviet military. Top-level military officers have been relieved of their positions, Gorbachev has warned of lean times for the military, the symbolic role of the armed forces has been downgraded, and the concept of "military sufficiency" points to major modifications in Sov