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The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history, and in this pioneering study Francesco Benvenuti provides a detailed analysis of the politics (as opposed to the operational activities) of the Red Army during the Civil War. Several historians have suggested that the roots of Stalinism may be found in the Bolshevik experience during the Civil War, and Benvenuti shows that the military opposition inside the party was much stronger than conventionally supposed: Trotsky's subsequent political weakness owed much to his ruthless pursuit of military goals not always in direct harmony with party interests, as did his technocratic attempts to extend the role of specialist advisers at the expense of party officials.

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1. The disintegration of the Imperial Army; 2. The birth of the Red Army; 3. Reorganization on the battlefield; 4. Opposition within the party; 5. Military policy at the 8th Congress; 6. Rupture and reconciliation; 7. Peace or war; 8. Continuing political tensions.

The Bolsheviks and the Red Army 19181921 61 Cambridge Russian Soviet and PostSoviet Studies Series Number 61

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1 August 2009
      ISBN-13 9780521093170
      978-0521093170
      ISBN-10 0521093171
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      Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history, and in this pioneering study Francesco Benvenuti provides a detailed analysis of the politics (as opposed to the operational activities) of the Red Army during the Civil War. Several historians have suggested that the roots of Stalinism may be found in the Bolshevik experience during the Civil War, and Benvenuti shows that the military opposition inside the party was much stronger than conventionally supposed: Trotsky's subsequent political weakness owed much to his ruthless pursuit of military goals not always in direct harmony with party interests, as did his technocratic attempts to extend the role of specialist advisers at the expense of party officials.

      Table of Contents
      1. The disintegration of the Imperial Army; 2. The birth of the Red Army; 3. Reorganization on the battlefield; 4. Opposition within the party; 5. Military policy at the 8th Congress; 6. Rupture and reconciliation; 7. Peace or war; 8. Continuing political tensions.

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