Reform in Revolutionary Times by Vasilis Vourkoutiotis - 9781433102103

Reform in Revolutionary TimesThe Civil-Military Relationship in Early Soviet Russia\nAuthor(s): Vasilis Vourkoutiotis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc\nISBN-13: 9781433102103, 978-1433102103\nSynopsis\nHow does a state effectively mobilize its citizens for armed conflict? Why do citizens allow themselves to be placed in harms way? The military relationship between the state and its citizens, in terms of rights and obligations, remains as important today as it did when Europe first moved from under the shadow of the Ancien Rgime. Reform in Revolutionary Times explores the evolution of the civil-military relationship during one of the more unique periods of modern European history. Born through revolution during the First World War, the Soviet state was plunged immediately into a civil war which included foreign intervention by American, British, French, Japanese, and Czech soldiers. The fires had not yet been ex.