Research Catalog

Title

The rise and fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic, 1921-1941 / Gunnar Aselius.

Author

Åselius, Gunnar.

Publication

London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2005.

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Description

xiv, 266 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book, based on extensive work in Russian archives, investigates how strategy, organizational rivalry and cultural factors came to shape naval developments in the Soviet Union, up to the German invasion of 1941. Focusing on the Baltic Fleet, the author shows how the perceived balance of power in northern Europe came to have a major influence on Soviet naval policy during the 1920s and 1930s. The book will be essential reading for students of Soviet military and naval history, and students of Soviet history in general."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Cass series--naval policy and history, 1366-9478 ; 29

Uniform Title

Cass series--naval policy and history 29.

Subject

• Soviet Union. Baltiĭskiĭ flot > History
• Soviet Union > History, Naval
• Baltic Sea > History, Naval

Genre/Form

• History
• Naval history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Preparing for war in the Baltic -- 2. Strategy -- 3. Organizational rivalry -- 4. Culture -- pt. II. The old school, 1921-1928 -- 5. 'Mare Clausum' and the prospects of war -- 6. The meaning of 'small wars' -- 7. The navy of the military specialists -- pt. III. The young school, 1929-1935 -- 8. The era of collective security -- and of coastal defense -- 9. Support for the Red Army -- 10. The navy of the red commanders -- pt. IV. The Soviet school, 1936-1941 -- 11. Toward the great oceanic navy -- 12. Ready for offensive operations? -- 13. The navy of the Soviet admirals -- 14. The lessons of war and peace.

ISBN

0714655406

LCCN

^^2004046869

OCLC

55055327

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library