Value of Human Life in Soviet Warfare

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvAmnon Sella

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This is a key question for all Western military strategists. If the Soviets are indeed willing to tolerate high human sacrifice in warfare this obviously puts them at a military advantage. The perceived wisdom, hitherto, is that the Soviets are indeed willing to tolerate high casualties in battle - this, initial, view is reinforced by myths about Stalin clearing minefields by marching penal battalions across them.Professor Sella, however, comes to a different conclusion. He surveys Soviet attitudes to the military-medical service; to its own prisoners of war; and to the ethos of fighting to the death, considering how attitudes have changed from Czarist times to the present. He concludes that the Soviets are less ready to tolerate massive sacrifices than has been supposed; but that this position stems as much from utilitarian-military logic as from compassion.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-05-08
Mått138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt294 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138874305

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`Amnon Sella's thoughtful monograph traces several strands in an attempt to assess the role the individual played in Soviet military art, from the evolution of the Military Medical Service, through to attitudes towards PoWs... what is being plotted is the development of Russian military culture, attitudes and assumptions still very much in the hearts of commanders in Moscow. A book for the specialist, certainly, but not just the historian.' - Jane's Intelligene Review