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1 online resource (357 pages) |
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Routledge Explorations in Economic History |
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Routledge explorations in economic history.
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 General background; 1.2 War potential and the general purpose of this study; 2. The Anglo-American assessments in a wider context; 2.1 The US and British government organizations responsible for assessing the USSR; 2.2 The origins, analysis and dissemination of information; 2.3 The assessment's reliability and the selection of reports for this study; 2.4 The reality and contemporary perceptions of war potential |
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3. The Soviet Union and the West: The pre-war experience and international Great Power politics before World War II4. From the guarantee to Poland to the Molotov-Ribbentropp pact; 4.1 British anguish: The value of the Soviet Union as an ally and the "gathering storm" in Europe; 4.2 Soviet war potential and the possible inclusion of the USSR in a "peace front" ; 4.3 The Soviets propose an alliance; 4.4 Assessments on the eve of the Moscow negotiations; 5. US pre-Barbarossa assessments; 5.1 The economy and its military potential; 5.2 The size and efficiency of the armed forces |
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5.3 Internal stability6. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and its consequences; 6.1 The Polish campaign; 6.2 The USSR as a potential military adversary; 6.3 The Red Army enter Estonia; 6.4 Assessments regarding the economy during the autumn; 6.5 Soviet air strength -- autumn assessments ; 6.6 Assessments connected to the Soviet-Japanese conflict; 6.7 Anglo-French plans to interdict the Soviet oil supply; 7. The Soviet-Finnish Winter War; 7.1 The Red Army's performance; 7.2 The economy and the internal situation; 8. Assessments running up to Barbarossa; 8.1 The economy and internal stability |
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8.2 The production and quality of munitions8.3 Military efficiency and the size of the armed forces; 9. The nature of the assessments, and the "reality" ; 10. The beginning of Soviet-German war: Assessments during Operation Barbarossa ; 10.1 The border battles and the summer: German victories and the possibility of a Soviet collapse; 10.2 The Soviet economy under attack (and Soviet prospects); 10.3 The autumn 1941 situation; 10.4 Munitions; 10.5 The size of the Armed Forces and their efficiency; 11. The first turning point of the war: the Soviet winter offensive |
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12. The spring, the coming of summer and continued worries12.1 Soviet prospects and economic resilience; 12.2 The Soviet population and the war effort; 12.3 The Red Army and its munitions; 13. The first year of the Soviet-German war: how realistic were the assessments? ; 14. The German summer offensive and Soviet prospects; 15. The Anglo-American assessments in the context of the possibility to establish a Second Front in 1942; 16. The autumn assessments and the battle of Stalingrad; 16.1 Prospects and civilian morale; 16.2 The economic situation; 16.3 Food supply; 16.4 The manpower situation |
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16.5 Munitions |
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Print version record |
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Germany. Wehrmacht -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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Germany. Wehrmacht fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Soviet Union.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Manpower -- Soviet Union
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Soviet Union
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union
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Armed Forces -- Evaluation
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Economics
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International relations
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Manpower
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Military campaigns
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Social aspects
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Soviet Union -- Armed Forces -- Evaluation -- History
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United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union
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Great Britain -- Relations -- Soviet Union
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Great Britain
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Soviet Union
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317403968 |
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1317403967 |
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