TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vasilis Vourkoutiotis
PY  - 2009
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Reform in Revolutionary Times
T2  - The Civil-Military Relationship in Early Soviet Russia
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1106111
N2  - How does a state effectively mobilize its citizens for armed conflict? Why do citizens allow themselves to be placed in harm’s way? The military relationship between the state and its citizens, in terms of rights and obligations, remains as important today as it did when Europe first moved from under the shadow of the Ancien Régime. Reform in Revolutionary Times explores the evolution of the civil-military relationship during one of the more unique periods of modern European history. Born through revolution during the First World War, the Soviet state was plunged immediately into a civil war which included foreign intervention by American, British, French, Japanese, and Czech soldiers. The fires had not yet been extinguished when conflict with Poland further threatened its existence. Pragmatism vied with ideology, as the Soviets mobilized the population to unheard of levels through fundamental reforms, simply to survive these early years of revolution and war.
KW  - Sowjetunion, Militär, Mobilmachung, Geschichte 1917-1921, Military Affairs, Intellectual History, Russia, Soviet Union, History
LA  - English
ER  -