Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11980
THE MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN AND ITS RELEVANCE TO MODERN STRATEGY
In: Comparative strategy, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 159-178
ISSN: 0149-5933
ARTICLE ANALYZES THE SOVIET CAMPAIGN IN MANCHURIA IN 1945 IN AN ATTEMPT TO DERIVE SEVERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOVIET MILITARY STRATEGY RELEVANT TODAY. THREE SUCH PRINCIPLES IDENTIFIED ARE: THE IMPORTANCE OF DIPLOMACY IN DECIDING THE OUTCOME OF WAR; THE PRIMACY OF THE OFFENSIVE; AND THE DESIRABILITY OF ACHIEVING STRATEGIC SURPRISE. THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN SOVIET MILITARY COMMAND /ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE IS NOTED.
