Reviews

"A fresh, appealing, and accurate portrait of the prewar Red Army and a fine contribution to Soviet social and military history."--David M. Glantz, coauthor of When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler"An original, persuasive, and important contribution to our understanding of Soviet society."--Mark Von Hagen, author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship: The Red Army and the Soviet-Socialist State, 1917-1930"A very provocative and engaging book that will play a significant intellectual role among scholars of the USSR, civil-military relations, and military history."--William J. Chase, author of Workers, Society, and the Soviet State: Labor and Life in Moscow, 1918-1929

"Reese's book is an important one which should alter in important ways the way we think about the prewar Red Army. It makes a major contribution to re-evaluating of the problems and losses of the Red Army in 1941 and afterwards."--War in History"This work makes a valuable contribution to the history of the Red Army and to the social history of the Stalinist Soviet Union."--The Historian"This work makes important contributions to both military and Russian history. It deserves a wide readership."--Canadian Military History"Reese's book is an excellent study of the Soviet army before 1941."--Choice