Sacrifice of the Generals: Soviet Senior Officer Losses, 1939-1953

by John Erickson

The personnel loss of the Red Army is one of the most controversial aspects of Soviet military history, subject to exaggerations, statistical disagreements, and contemporary Russian politics. This massive biographical dictionary, the result of nearly twenty years of research, attempts to set the record straight with entries for nearly 1,000 senior soviet officers who were captured by the enemy, died of illness, were "repressed" by the Soviet leadership,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810850095
• ISBN13: 9780810850095
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"