1943, International Publishers, Hardback, I.Minz. 160pp.
VERY GOOD: D/J clipped, slightly stained to rear, 4cm tear front. Plastic sleeve. Boards V.G. Gilt on spine bright. Interior slightly aged but unmarked and clean.
A fascinating piece of history/propaganda written by a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, charting the course of the Red Army from 1918 through the Civil War to its 'reconstruction' and clashes against Hitler's Germany in the first two years of the Great Patriotic War. Numbers, national minorities, personalities, partisans, Army and Navy are all covered in detail, but from a particular slant. A unique insight.