Timoshenko, Marshal Of The Red Army: A Study

By: Walter Mehring

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Synopsis: An interesting sketch of Marshal Timoshenko by a famous German dissident who fled to Russia when the Nazis came to power in his homeland."This book is not a biography.A final judgment cannot be reached about Timoshenko because, unlike the work of an artist or scientist who can be judged by a single accomplishment, the work of a general depends on the final result.This book is an attempt to study the Russian soldier from a socio-psychological viewpoint.It is not so much the history of an individual as of a type. Timoshenko is for us a characteristic product of Bolshevik militarism, a man who has lived through the entire development of the Soviet regime, from the initial overthrow of Tsarism to the present life and death struggle against the German invader."--From the Author's Foreword, 1942