USAWC (United States Army War College) Military Studies Program. Conversations with a Soviet Officer--Towards a More Balanced View of History.

Abstract

While assigned to the U.S. Military Liaison Mission in Potsdam, East Germany, the author had several conversations with Soviet officers concerning the Second World War. Building on this experience, the Soviet version of the war is presented using a variety of Soviet sources and emphasizing differences with the Western version. The author then discusses the problem with both versions and concludes that the truth is somewhere between the two accounts. The most serious problem is that our deemphasis of the Great Partriotic War has allowed U.S. Army officers to overlook the major campaigns and main course of the war as well as fail to study the tactics, strategy, and doctrine of our most powerful potential enemy today. Military officers need to know this war far better than they do. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1985
Accession Number
ADA157017

Entities

People

  • B. P. Mullady

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Doctrine
  • Europe
  • France
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Schools
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.