Admiral Gorshkov [electronic resource] : the man who challenged the U.S. Navy / Norman Polmar, Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, U.S. Navy (Ret.), George Fedoroff.

"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...

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Main Authors: Polmar, Norman (Author)
Brooks, Thomas A. (Author)
Fedoroff, George (George E.) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
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Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged the U.S. Navy
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246 2 |a Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged the U.S. Navy 
264 1 |a Annapolis, Maryland :  |b Naval Institute Press,  |c [2019] 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 0 |a 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 
520 |a "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. "--  |c Provided by publisher. 
520 |a "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"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
600 1 0 |a Gorshkov, Sergeĭ Georgievich,  |d 1910-1988. 
610 1 0 |a Soviet Union.  |b Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot  |v Biography. 
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