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

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The Collapse of the Soviet Military

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Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9780300145519
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History
INDEX
523
Arkhangel'skoe,
306;Ā 
electedĀ 
president,
310;
toĀ 
be
detained,
311;
escapedĀ 
detention,
314;
officers
who
helped,
321;
askedĀ 
Shaposhnikov
to
stop
GKChP
aircraft,
328-29;
askedĀ 
Gra-
chev
for
forces,Ā 
330;
met
with
Lebed'
in
White
House,
331;
attractedĀ 
militaryĀ 
support,Ā 
340;
as
coup-maker,
341-46;
victoryĀ 
overĀ 
GKChP,
347,
348;Ā 
destroyingĀ 
SovietĀ 
Union,
348-50;
consultedĀ 
Shaposhnikov
on
CIS,
349-50;
on
unified
command,Ā 
350;
as
president
of
USSR,
351;
compelledĀ 
Gorbachev
to
cooperate,Ā 
352;
emphasizedĀ 
SlavicĀ 
army,Ā 
355;Ā 
said
CIS
agree-
ment
notĀ 
a
"coup,"
355;Ā 
spoke
to
assembly
of
officers,
355;Ā 
madeĀ 
GorbachevĀ 
reverse
ap-
pointments,
356-57;
failed
to
supportĀ 
military
reform,
361-62;
createdĀ 
militaryĀ 
reformĀ 
com-
mission,Ā 
369;Ā 
tookĀ 
control
of
nuclearĀ 
forces,
372-73;
announcedĀ 
commission
to
createĀ 
Rus-
sian
army,Ā 
385;
had
tensionsĀ 
withĀ 
Congress
of
People'sĀ 
Deputies,Ā 
386;Ā 
comeback,Ā 
393;
national
separatistĀ 
supportĀ 
for,Ā 
395;Ā 
grasped
logic
of
viciousĀ 
circle,
403
Yepishev,
GeneralĀ 
Aleksei,
205
Yerokhin,
Major
Yevgenii,
185
Zagladin,V.
V.,
95,
4497*77
Zaikov,
Lev,
in,
125-27,
227
Zaitsev,
GeneralĀ 
Mikhail,
103,
249
Zakharov,
Marshal
Matvei,
41
Zampolit:
defined,
36
Zaslavskaya,
Tatanya,
226
Zemlyachestvo:
in
military,
289-90
"Zero
Option,"
132,133

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Abbreviations
  6. ONE. The Soviet Philosophy of War
  7. TWO. Party, State, and Military Structure
  8. THREE. How the Military Was Manned
  9. FOUR. The Permanent War Economy
  10. FIVE. Military Strategy
  11. SIX. Deciding to Change Course
  12. SEVEN. Defensive Doctrine and Arms Reductions
  13. EIGHT. Glasnost and the Public Debate
  14. NINE. Legislating Military Reform
  15. TEN. The Intractable Party-Military Connection
  16. ELEVEN. The Intractable Military-Industrial Sector
  17. TWELVE. The Army and Maintaining Domestic Order
  18. THIRTEEN. From Force Reductions to Disintegration
  19. FOURTEEN. The August Crisis
  20. FIFTEEN. Illusions of Another Chance
  21. SIXTEEN. The Illusion of the CIS Armed Forces
  22. Conclusion
  23. Chronology
  24. Biographical Reference
  25. Notes
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index