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This is a key question for all Western military strategists. If the
Soviets are indeed willing to tolerate high human sacrifice in
warfare this obviously puts them at a military advantage. The
perceived wisdom, hitherto, is that the Soviets are indeed willing
to tolerate high casualties in battle - this, initial, view is
reinforced by myths about Stalin clearing minefields by marching
penal battalions across them. Professor Sella, however, comes to a
different conclusion. He surveys Soviet attitudes to the
military-medical service; to its own prisoners of war; and to the
ethos of fighting to the death, considering how attitudes have
changed from Czarist times to the present. He concludes that the
Soviets are less ready to tolerate massive sacrifices than has been
supposed; but that this position stems as much from
utilitarian-military logic as from compassion.
This is a key question for all Western military strategists. If the
Soviets are indeed willing to tolerate high human sacrifice in
warfare this obviously puts them at a military advantage. The
perceived wisdom, hitherto, is that the Soviets are indeed willing
to tolerate high casualties in battle - this, initial, view is
reinforced by myths about Stalin clearing minefields by marching
penal battalions across them. Professor Sella, however, comes to a
different conclusion. He surveys Soviet attitudes to the
military-medical service; to its own prisoners of war; and to the
ethos of fighting to the death, considering how attitudes have
changed from Czarist times to the present. He concludes that the
Soviets are less ready to tolerate massive sacrifices than has been
supposed; but that this position stems as much from
utilitarian-military logic as from compassion. This book should be
of interest to lecturers and students of Soviet studies and
history, and those with an academic or professional interest in
defence, military and strategic studies.
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution,
Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell
their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a
wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about
migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing
cultures.
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution,
Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell
their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a
wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about
migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing
cultures.
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