%0 Journal Article
%T Roger R. Reese, Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918-1991, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005, 315 pages.
%A Dale Herspring
%J Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
%D 2007
%I Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Soci¨¦t¨¦s et les Institutions Post-Sovi¨¦tiques
%X This is a very interesting book; one worth reading regardless of whether one agrees with the author¡¯s argument or not because in the process of telling his story, the author provides new and helpful information on the evolution of officers in the Soviet Army.There are a number of reasons why this book is an invaluable source of information and analysis. First of all, Reese writes very well, a welcome change from many of the political science texts I find it necessary to read and interpret. Se...
%K Armed Forces
%K Officer Corps
%K Soviet Union
%U http://pipss.revues.org/539