Who After Grechko: Soviet Military Succession Possibility.

Abstract

Leadership changes in the Communist hierarchy are expected with the approaching 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February 1976. This paper examines the unique position of Marshal A. A. Grechko, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, who currently enjoys unprecedented power by combining his leadership of the vast Soviet Armed Forces with his membership on the Politburo of the Communist Party. Since Marshal Grechko is 74 years old and has been in the Soviet Army since 1919, he is obviously due for retirement in the near future. This situation prompts the author's speculative search into the Soviet High Command to identify the most likely successor to Marshal Grechko.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA039625

Entities

People

  • David L. Giddens

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil War
  • Communism
  • Communists
  • Congress
  • Elimination
  • Germany
  • Governments
  • Leadership
  • Military Organizations
  • Political Science
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.