For twenty-five years, it was the author's job to watch and examine the
Soviet Army for a possible conflict, and to understand the Soviet Army's
use of its combat experience. In Richard Armstrong's new book, Red Army
Legacies: Essays on Forces, Capabilities & Personalities, eleven essays
show how the Soviet Army used its Red Army Legacy. Among the subjects
covered are Part I-Forces; Chapter One-Guards of Destruction; Chapter
Two-The Bukrin Drop: Limits to Creativity; Chapter Three-Tank Corps
Commander; Chapter Four-Moblie Groups: Prologue to MG: Part
II-Capabilities; Chapter Five-Hunting Tongues;Chapter Six-Battlefield
Agility: The Soviet Legacy; Chapter Seven-Red Army indicators; Chapter
Eight-Repelling Counterattacks and Counterstrikes: Part
III-Personalities; Chapter Nine-Nachalnik Razvedki: The Red Two; Chapter
Ten-Popel: The Fighting Commissar; Chapter Eleven-Radzievskii: The
Thinking Warrior.