Soviet Military Power and Performance

joHN HEMSLEY was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry Vlll Notes on the Contributors IX from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, where he has also worked as an instructor. When he was on the Directing Staff of the Staff College, Camberley, he visited Russia in October I976 with a group from the college. He is now a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding an infantry battalion. He did resear-ch on the Soviet Army at the University of Edinburgh. joHN MooRE was a submarine commander in the Second World War and among the many naval appointments he has held since I945 was the command of submarine squadrons and staff posts, including Chief ofStaffC-in-C Naval Home Command. He retired in I 972 as a Captain, at his own request. He is the author of several books and articles on sea power, including Jane's Fighting Ships and The Soviet Navy Today. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Historical Background of the Red Army....Pages 3-17 The Soviet Military System: Doctrine, Technology and ‘Style’....Pages 18-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 The Soviet Ground Forces....Pages 47-73 The Soviet Navy....Pages 74-87 The Soviet Air Force....Pages 88-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 The Soviet Soldier: Behaviour, Performance, Effectiveness....Pages 101-128 The Soviet Army as the Instrument of National Integration....Pages 129-154 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 Arms Control and Soviet Strategic Forces: The risks of asking SALT to do too much....Pages 157-182 The ‘Forward Reach’ of the Soviet Armed Forces: Seaborne and Airborne Landings....Pages 183-211 Conclusion....Pages 212-215 Back Matter....Pages 217-219