ABSTRACT

This book, based on extensive work in Russian archives, investigates how strategy, organisational rivalry and cultural factors came to shape naval developments in the Soviet Union, up to the invasion of 1941.

part |2 pages

Part I INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|17 pages

PREPARING FOR WAR IN THE BALTIC

chapter 2|9 pages

STRATEGY

chapter 3|12 pages

ORGANIZATIONAL RIVALRY

chapter 4|14 pages

CULTURE

part |2 pages

Part II THE OLD SCHOOL, 1921–1928

chapter 6|20 pages

THE MEANING OF ‘SMALL WARS’

chapter 7|31 pages

THE NAVY OF THE MILITARY SPECIALISTS

part |2 pages

Part III THE YOUNG SCHOOL, 1929–1935

chapter 9|11 pages

SUPPORT FOR THE RED ARMY

chapter 10|18 pages

THE NAVY OF THE RED COMMANDERS

part |2 pages

Part IV THE SOVIET SCHOOL, 1936–1941

chapter 11|18 pages

TOWARD THE GREAT OCEANIC NAVY

chapter 12|23 pages

READY FOR OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS?

chapter 13|23 pages

THE NAVY OF THE SOVIET ADMIRALS

chapter 14|17 pages

THE LESSONS OF WAR AND PEACE