Armed forces and political power in Eastern Europe: the Soviet/Communist control system

GITZ Bradley R

Armed forces and political power in Eastern Europe: the Soviet/Communist control system - Westport, Conn., USA: Greenwood, 1992 - 193p.

Examines the evolution, nature, and ultimate demise of the system of Soviet control in East European countries. Specifically the book deals with the processes of socialisation and coercion used to bolster the reliability of satellite states armed forces, and tries to explain how these highly pervasive powers failed in a short space of time.

0313277230 (hbk.)


CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS
COMMUNISM
EASTERN EUROPE
SOVIET UNION