Sizing Up the Soviet Army

by Jeffrey Record

The sheer size of the soviet army is its most salient characteristic and one of the most reavaling signs of the nation's contemporary military orientation. born of a tradition dating back to the Imperial Army and nourished by victory won by the crushing weight of numbers in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, the army's size became an issue during the Khrushchev era when modernists argued that nuclear weapons, rather than masses of men, would be decisive in any conflict.

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Published January 1, 1975