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THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE SOVIET SOLDIER

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dc.creator J.D. Bredenkamp
dc.date 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T20:08:34Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T20:08:34Z
dc.identifier 10.5787/13-4-540
dc.identifier 2224-0020
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/b214afa42e204904a91c3df29b7c5479
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8309
dc.identifier.uri https://doaj.org/article/b214afa42e204904a91c3df29b7c5479
dc.description In the 1930s democratic people watched with growing incredulity as the world's political systems broke up: the Depression gave rise to disintegration, disintegration led to anarchy, and anarchy to war. Some eminent men, observing the pattern of events and foreseeing the consequences, tried to bring them to public notice. Sadly, the general reaction, especially in the Anglo-Saxon countries, was that those who warned of the dangers were 'prophets of doom' and 'alarmists'. Peace could be maintained, so the theory ran, by just one more minor concession; but each such surrender was never the last, but led inexorably towards bigger demands. This whole tragic story is epitomised in one word: 'Appeasement'. The extraordinary thing is that it all seems to have been forgotten and there is a strong possibility that the same bitter and costly lessons will have to be learnt all over again in the last two decades of the Twentieth Century.
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/540
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 13, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject Depression
dc.subject Anglo-Saxon countries
dc.subject The Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905
dc.subject The First World War
dc.subject The Second World War
dc.subject Stalin's Red Army
dc.subject The Soviet Army
dc.subject Angolan Soldiers
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.title THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE SOVIET SOLDIER
dc.type Article


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