The sea in Soviet strategy / Bryan Ranft and Geoffrey Till.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ranft, Bryan.

Contributor:

Till, Geoffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot.

Soviet Union.

Naval strategy--Histoy--20th century.

Naval strategy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 284 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1989.

Summary:

The rise of the soviet Navy has been one of the most startling features of the postwar period. It now sails on every sea, challenges Western maritime supremacy in ways few would have believed possible until quite recently, defends and extends Soviet interest around the world and could devastate whole continents if it were ordered to. Is this massive increase in Soviet maritime power simply a defensive reaction to Western threats from the sea? Or does the Soviet Union intent to command the seas itself? What are the Soviet Navy's main tasks? Where is it going in the future? Bryan Ranft and Geoffrey Till, two of Britain's leading maritime specialists, answer some of these questions in this book by discussing the competing arguments in an informed and balanced review.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 267-276.

ISBN:

0870219928

OCLC:

19270745