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

by Roger R. Reese

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617760
• ISBN13: 9780700617760
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"