Red Army and Society: A Sociology of the Soviet Military

ISBN-13: 9780367633875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 244 str.

Ellen Jones

Opis

This book, first published in 1985, is the first full-length study of the Soviet Armed Forces as a social institution. It focuses on conscription policy, the professional military, the role of the political officer, the mechanics of political socialization , and the experience of ethnic minorities in the armed forces.

Spis treści

1. National Defence Policymaking  2. Soviet Military Manpower Policy  3. Soviet Conscription Policy: the Citizen Soldier in an Authoritarian State  4. The Professional Soldier: Career Military in a Conscript Army  5. The Soviet Political Officer  6. The Military as an Agent for Political Socialization  7. Minorities in Uniform  8. The Armed Forces in Contemporary Soviet Society

O autorze

Ellen Jones