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Author:
Polmar, Norman, author.
Title:
Admiral Gorshkov : the man who challenged the U.S. Navy / Norman Polmar, Thomas A. Brooks, George Fedoroff.
Publisher:
Naval Institute Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xx, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Subject:
Gorshkov, Sergeĭ Georgievich,--1910-1988.
Soviet Union.--Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot--Biography.
Soviet Union.--Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot--History.
Gorshkov, Sergeĭ Georgievich,--1910-1988.
Soviet Union.--Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot.
Admirals--Soviet Union--Biography.
Sea-power--Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union--History, Naval.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.
HISTORY / Military / Naval.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Admirals.
Sea-power.
Soviet Union.
Biography.
History.
Naval history.
Other Authors:
Brooks, Thomas A., author.
Fedoroff, George (George E.), author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Genesis -- Growing Up in the New World Order, 1910-1927 -- The Education of an Admiral, 1927-1941 -- Gorshkov at War, 1941 -- The Sea of Azov, 1942 [AU: AS ABOVE & HEREAFTER] -- On the Offensive, 1943-1945 -- Rebuilding a Nation and a Navy, 1945-1953 -- After Stalin -- Gorshkov, Zhukov, and the Stalingrad Group -- Building a Revolutionary Fleet -- New Directions -- Selling a Balanced Navy -- To the World's Oceans -- The Final Years -- Summary and Conclusions -- From Soviet Navy to Russian Navy
Summary:
"This is a book about a man and his ability to change a culture and to create a powerful navy that was radically different than traditional navies. And he accomplished this despite strong opposition from the nation's Army-dominated power structure. The Russian Navy that is at sea in the 21st Century is to a significant degree based on the fleet that this man built.This Russian Navy that sent a nuclear-propelled battlecruiser into the Caribbean in 2008 supported the Soviet combat actions in Syria beginning in 2015 and fired missiles from surface ships and a submarine into "rebel" areas in Syria can trace its "roots" directly to Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov. "-- Provided by publisher.
"The Russian Navy that is at sea in the 21st Century is, to a significant degree, based on the fleet that this man built. This Russian Navy that sent a nuclear-propelled battle cruiser into the Caribbean in 2008, supported the Soviet combat actions in Syria beginning in 2015, and fired missiles from surface ships and a submarine into "rebel" areas in Syria, can trace its "roots" directly to Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1682473309
9781682473306
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1051777296
LCCN:
2018042638
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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