On the twitters last night, I was wondering when the term "Bolsheviki" declined vis-a-vis "Bolshevik." I assumed it was around 1930 or so. I still have no idea why the term fell out of us. But then a Twitter friend created this for me on...
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No day is complete without Soviet propaganda. This translates as "The path of talent on Capitalist shores / The path of talent on Socialist shores" And let's face it, it's.
Joshua Rubenstein provides a nice, quick overview to the life of Leon Trotsky that I would recommend for anyone interested in learning a bit more about this enigmatic figure of.
I'm getting to this debate late, but my understanding of the situation (informed by Dima Adamsky's book, among others) is that revolution in military affairs (RMA) theory developed in the Soviet Union as a reaction to two trends. First, the Soviets determined (following the Yom...
This claim has appeared in a few other places, but apparently without the official sanction: Liu Chenshan, the author of a series of articles that chronicle the five times China.
One of my colleagues at Patterson threw this together for a presentation to his Economic Statecraft class: GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $) 1990 2008 Percent change, 1990-2008.
I'm in the midst of Charles Tripp's excellent A History of Iraq, and I'm curious about the Russian interest in Persian Gulf stability during the war. The Soviets played footsie with the Iranians in the wake of the Revolution, but by 1982 sided decisively with...
Dima Adamsky's The Culture of Military Innovation is a very recent contribution to the literature on culture, military innovation, and the Revolution in Military Affairs. Adamsky's question is this: Why.
The building blocks of the Afghan National Army:The Afghan government is dominated by former mujahedeen guerrillas; both the minister of defense and the army chief of staff are former anti-Soviet.
David Frum compares the conventional and Team B views of Soviet military spending and arms control.The conventional view:The Soviets could increase their arms spending, therefore arms control was worthwhile.The Team B view:Because the Soviets were spending so much, they probably could not spend more. This...
Ralph, in comments to the Great Gamble review: Soviet casualties and aircraft losses (reported thru military channels to the General Staff) were much lower than what is popularly believed. The.
As conditions have deteriorated in Afghanistan in the past several years, academic and military specialists have paid greater attention to the Soviet experience in Afghanistan. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.