Understanding the Soviet Navy: A Handbook

By Robert B. Bathurst

From the preface when the book was originally published by the Naval War College Press in 1979: "The object of this study is not just to provide a history of the Soviet Navy and a review of current tactics and strategic doctrine, but also to provide a basis for predicting how the Navy will be used - a guide to action, as it were... "Understanding the Soviet Navy is not easy. The Soviet Government, like the Imperial Russian Government before it; makes considerable use of false information - disinformation..."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410205363
• ISBN13: 9781410205360
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"