Russian Soviet Military Psychiatry, 1904-1945.

Psychiatry, like most professional fields in Russia, gained its legitimacy from its ability to serve the Tsar and later the Bolshevik party. The militarised nature of these governments meant that psychiatry would have to prove its worth to the military. This study will cover Russian/Soviet military...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Russian psychiatry and the emergence of modern warfare
  • The Russo-Japanese war
  • World War I
  • The inter-war years
  • The great patriotic war, phase 1 : the hurricane
  • The great patriotic war, phase 2 : the tide turns
  • The great patriotic war, phase 3 : on to Berlin
  • Soviet-US comparison of military psychiatry in World War II
  • Conclusion.