ABSTRACT

A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian.

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|2 pages

Historiography on the Soviet Navy

chapter 3|13 pages

The Reconstitution Phase, 1920-25

chapter 4|22 pages

The Consolidation Phase, 1925-32

chapter 5|25 pages

The Second Five-Year Plan, 1933-37

chapter 7|41 pages

The Third Five-Year Plan

chapter 8|34 pages

The Second World War: The First Two Years

chapter 9|42 pages

The Great Patriotic War, 1941-45

chapter 10|43 pages

From 1945 to the End of Stalin’s Regime