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The Soviet Economy and the Red Army, 1930-1945 | 
| Author: Walter S. Dunn
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0275948935
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.03304707049
EAN: 9780275948931
ASIN: 0275948935
Publication Date: August 30, 1995
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Product Description
This book describes the creation of a new economy in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1945. The Red Army defeated the Germans in World War II with equipment produced by that economy and not with masses of untrained men as has been often argued. The Soviet weapons were produced in factories designed and built under the direction of American engineers in the 1930s. Also, the Weimar Republic played a part in the creation of the Red Army by providing aviation and tank training schools and technical assistance to the developing armaments industry. Dunn argues that if France had been invaded by the Allies in 1943 rather than in 1944, the post-war world would have been less advantageous to the Soviet Union.
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Another classic from Dunn, but what a style June 1, 2000
Otavio Maia Chelotti (Swizerland)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is, once again, a classic. It is the best extant survey of Soviet wartime production and its raw data is -alone- worth its (very high) price. It demonstrates quite clearly the immense scale of the effort made by the Soviet Union in its desperate struggle with Nazi Germany and shows how, by employing mass production methods influenced directly by American procedures and by disdaining every frill or amenity which did not contribute directly to increase the war-fighting potential of its equipment, the Soviet Union was able to out-produce Germany, despite its much smaller industrial base. Equally useful is the analysis of Lend-Lease, showing how vital it was for the Soviet war effort, not so much in terms of frontline equipment, but in terms of raw materials and logistical support. The style, however, is atrocious, unless you like repetitions of entire sentences in different parts of the book.
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