Foreword by David M. Glantz
List of Maps and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Selected Foreign Words
Introduction
An Essential Guide to Soviet Military Terms and Organizations
1. Soviet Doctrine and Praxis Prior to 1944
-The Evolution of Prewar Soviet Doctrine
-From Disaster to Triumph: The Course of the War, 1941-1943
-An Unlikely Phoenix: Renaissance of the Red Army
-The Development of Operational Art
-The Third Winter and Spring: The Korsun’-Shevchenkovskiy Operation
-Conclusions
2. Strategic Offensive Operations, Summer 1944
-The Stavka’s Strategic Decision
-The Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, 23 June - 31 July
-The L’vov-Sandomire Strategic Offensive Operation, 13 July - 29 August
-The Yassi-Kishinev Strategic OffensiveOperation, 20 August - 25 September
-Appendix: Soviet Operational-Level Logistics in 1944
3. Operational Art in Maturity, Summer 1944
-Doctrinal Development
-Operational Art in the Belorussian Operation
-Operational Art in the L’vov-Sandomir Operation
-Operational Art in the Yassi-Kishinev Strategic Offensive Operation
-Conclusions about Developments in Operational Art in 1944
-Appendix: Planning a Front Offensive
4. Some Conclusions
-Coalition War
-Intelligence, Deception, and Surprise
-Operational Art in the West and East
5. Some Reflections about the Future
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index