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Examinations of Soviet doctrine almost invariably lead to the question, “How much of this is ritual?” That is, doctrinal writings produced in the Soviet Union can be viewed ritualistically — how do they conform to the ideology of Marxism-Leninism, or whatever is the current form of orthodoxy — or they can be viewed realistically.
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A. Svechin, “Chto takoe voennaia daktrina?” Voennoe delo, No 2 (65), March 8, 1920, pp. 39–41.
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Fedor Trutko, “Edinaia voennaia doktrina Krasnoi armii,” Voennoe delo, No. 11 (75), May 22, 1920, pp. 325–326. Trutko is not further identified.
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© 1969 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Jacobs, W.D. (1969). Ritualism and Reality. In: Frunze: The Soviet Clausewitz 1885–1925. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9112-8_13
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