IMPORTANT FACTOR OF VICTORY OF WAR,

Abstract

General Major V. Zemskov reviews Soviet military strategy and the Marxist-Leninist tenets on which it is based and indicates that a new political-military organ is now being established in the Soviet Union to provide the necessary collective leadership in the event of a nuclear war. A new world war, Zemskov states, will be the decisive clash between two diametrically opposed systems-the socialist and the capitalist. It will be a war of coalitions of nations involving multimillion-man armies. It will inevitably be a rocket-nuclear war in which no distinction will be made between front and rear. Since the outcome of such a war can be determined by the first strike in the first hours of conflict the elements of surprise, space, and time become extremely important. For all these reasons Zemskov states: 'it is not surprising that the necessary military-political organs of national and military control are now being created.'

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1967
Accession Number
AD0677244

Entities

People

  • V. Zemskov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Communist Countries
  • Geographic Regions
  • Group Dynamics
  • Leadership
  • Military Strategy
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space