If It Were Not for the Generals. Problems of the Military Class

"Studying history is necessary in order not to repeat mistakes in the present," writes the famous publicist and historian Yuri Mukhin in his book. During the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet people and the Red Army suffered tremendous human and material losses, but they held out and liberated almost all of Europe from fascism. The greatness of Victory is indisputable. But have the reasons for our excessive losses been uncovered? The author suggests examining this issue from a fundamentally new perspective. He sees the root cause of the immense losses suffered by the Soviet people in the low moral and professional quality of the military class - the high command and career officers of the Red Army.