John Erickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3632583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Erickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Erickson |
| SIGNATURE | ERICKSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3078-4566 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 59 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Transferts d’armes des États-Unis vers le Moyen-Orient: Les Défis Du Changement
The Soviet High Command: A Military-political History, 1918-1941
An objective and documentary history of the earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great Patriotic War, culminating in the "battle for Moscow" in November-December 1941
Captured Soviet Generals: The Fate of Soviet Generals Captured by the Germans, 1941-1945
Stone & Stone reveals a great deal which has been hidden away since the war...an impressive compilation of original research
The Battle of Kursk, 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study
Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster through Soviet Eyes
Russia will not be trifled with’: Geopolitical facts and fantasies
(1999). ‘Russia will not be trifled with’: Geopolitical facts and fantasies. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 22, Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy, pp. 242-268
Translating the Untranslated: Djebar's Le blanc de l'Alg rie
Pariahs, Partners, Predators: German-Soviet Relations, 1922-1941
Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access JOHN ERICKSON JOHN ERICKSON University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXIII, Issue 451, April 1998, Pages 531–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXIII.451.531 Published: 01 April 1998
Stalin's Reluctant Soldiers: A Social History of the Red Army, 1925-1941
Zhukov at the Order: The Decisive Battle for Berlin
The Soviet Armed Forces, 1918-1992: A Research Guide to Soviet Sources
Hitler's Nemesis: The Red Army, 1930-1945
Preface Introduction Soviet Military Doctrine Creating the Red Army, 1918-1941 Wartime Mobilization Manpower The Evolution of the Rifle Division The Replacement System Formation of the Tank Force Organization of the Tank Force Refining the Tank Formations Tank and Crew Replacements and Training Artillery Doctrine and Organization Artillery Weapons and Munitions The Tank Destroyers Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Forces in the European War, 1941-1945
Environmental security and quality after communism: Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states
Journal Article Environmental security and quality after communism: eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states Get access Environmental security and quality after communism: eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states. Edited by Joan DeBardelebenand John Hannigan. Boulder, CO, Oxford: Westview. 1995. 188pp. Index. £40.95; ISBN 0 8133 2183 2. Pb.: £13.50; ISBN 0 8133 2184 0. John Erickson John Erickson 1University of Edinburgh Search for ot…
Soviet Women at War
Tales of individual women soldiers abound: accounts variously mythical, anecdotal or bizarre, such as the sustained masquerade of Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova, who served with distinction throughout Russia’s wars with Napoleon and rose to the rank of cavalry staff captain (shtabs-rotmistr).1 But nothing in the history or the mythology of any country can compare with the 800 000 young girls and women in the Soviet Union who mobilised for wartime ser…
Strategy
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access JOHN ERICKSON JOHN ERICKSON University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVII, Issue 423, April 1992, Pages 529–530, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVII.423.529 Published: 01 April 1992
Deterrence and the revolution in Soviet military doctrine
Journal Article Deterrence and the revolution in Soviet military doctrine Get access Deterrence and the revolution in Soviet military doctrine. By Raymond Garthoff. Washington DC: Brookings. 1990. 209pp. Index. $29.95; ISBN 0 8157 3056 x. Pb.: $11.95; ISBN 0 8157 3055 1. John Erickson John Erickson 1University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 3, July 1992…
Arms Negotiations in Europe
Essay| November 01 1989 Arms Negotiations in Europe John Erickson John Erickson Director, Center for Defense Studies, University of Edinburgh John Erickson is the author of several historical monographs and analytical studies on the Soviet armed forces and Soviet military policy. At present, he is completing Blood, Bread and Steel: Soviet Society at War, 1941–1945 (New Haven: Yale University Press, forthcoming). Search for other works by this aut…
The Warsaw Pact
Essay| November 01 1985 The Warsaw Pact: From Here to Eternity? John Erickson John Erickson Director of Defense Studies, University of Edinburgh John Erickson is the author of numerous books and articles on Soviet and East European military history and military affairs. His latest book is The Road to Berlin (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1984). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1985) 84 (…
The Road to Berlin: Continuing History of Stalin's War with Germany
The Warsaw Pact: Arms, doctrine and strategy
Journal Article The Warsaw Pact: arms, doctrine and strategy Get access The Warsaw Pact: arms, doctrine and strategy. By William J. Lewis. Maidenhead, Berks: McGraw-Hill for Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. 1982. 471pp. £24.95. J. Erickson J. Erickson 1University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 3, July 1983, Page 488, https://doi.org/10.2307/261882…
Stability in the Warsaw Pact
Essay| November 01 1982 Stability in the Warsaw Pact? John Erickson John Erickson Director of Defence Studies, University of Edinburgh John Erickson is the author of numerous books and articles on Soviet and East European military history and military affairs. His latest book is Road to Stalingrad: Stalin’s War with Germany, vol. 1 (New York: Harper and Row, 1975). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current …
The Soviet High Command
Russia will not be trifled with’: Geopolitical facts and fantasies
(1999). ‘Russia will not be trifled with’: Geopolitical facts and fantasies. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 22, Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy, pp. 242-268
Environmental security and quality after communism: Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states
Journal Article Environmental security and quality after communism: eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states Get access Environmental security and quality after communism: eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states. Edited by Joan DeBardelebenand John Hannigan. Boulder, CO, Oxford: Westview. 1995. 188pp. Index. £40.95; ISBN 0 8133 2183 2. Pb.: £13.50; ISBN 0 8133 2184 0. John Erickson John Erickson 1University of Edinburgh Search for ot…
The Road to Berlin: Continuing History of Stalin's War with Germany
The Soviet strategic emplacement in Asia
The Anniversary Lecture delivered to the Society on Thursday, 12 June 1980. Professor Erickson, whose previous posts included those of Senior Lecturer and Reader, Department of Government, University of Manchester, 1962-67, Visiting Professor, Russian Research Centre, University of Indiana, 1967 and Lecturer in Higher Defence Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1967-69, has been Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh since that date. …
Stalin's Reluctant Soldiers: A Social History of the Red Army, 1925-1941
The Warsaw Pact: Arms, doctrine and strategy
Journal Article The Warsaw Pact: arms, doctrine and strategy Get access The Warsaw Pact: arms, doctrine and strategy. By William J. Lewis. Maidenhead, Berks: McGraw-Hill for Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. 1982. 471pp. £24.95. J. Erickson J. Erickson 1University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 3, July 1983, Page 488, https://doi.org/10.2307/261882…
The Soviet view of deterrence: A general survey
(1982). The Soviet view of deterrence: A general survey. Survival: Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 242-251
Red Alert: The Soviet Military and Soviet Policy
The Soviet Union, the future, and futures research
The Soviet response to surprise attack: Three directives, 22 June 1941
(1972). The Soviet response to surprise attack: Three directives, 22 June 1941. Soviet Studies: Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 519-553
The Soviet Union at war (1941–1945): An essay on sources and studies
(1963). The Soviet Union at war (1941–1945): An essay on sources and studies. Soviet Studies: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 249-274
A History of Soviet Air Power
Journal Article A History of Soviet Air Power Get access A History of Soviet Air Power. By Robert A. Kilmarx. London, Faber & Faber, 1962. vii+359 pp. Bibliog. Index. 42s. John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 4, October 1962, Pages 565–566, https://doi.org/10.2307/2609677 Published: 01 October 1962
A History of Soviet Air Power
Journal Article A History of Soviet Air Power Get access A History of Soviet Air Power. By Robert A. Kilmarx. London, Faber & Faber, 1962. vii+359 pp. Bibliog. Index. 42s. John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 4, October 1962, Pages 565–566, https://doi.org/10.2307/2609677 Published: 01 October 1962
The Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Force Get access The Soviet Air Force. By Asher Lee. London, Duckworth, 1961. 288 pp. Illus. Bibliog. Index. 30s. John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 3, July 1962, Pages 419–420, https://doi.org/10.2307/2609522 Published: 01 July 1962
Civil Defense in the Soviet Union
Civil Defense in the Soviet Union Get access Civil Defense in the Soviet Union. By Leon Gouré. Foreword by Willard F. Libby. Berkeley, Los Angeles, University of California Press; London, Cambridge University Press, 1962. xiv+210 pp. Diagrams. Bibliog. Index. $4.95. Cloth bound 40s. Paper bound 20s. John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 4, Octob…
The Soviet Union at war (1941–1945): An essay on sources and studies
(1963). The Soviet Union at war (1941–1945): An essay on sources and studies. Soviet Studies: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 249-274
The Soviet High Command
Sovetsko-Frantsuzskie otnosheniya vo vremya Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny 1941–1945 gg. Dokumenty i materialy and Vengriya i vtoraya mirovaya voina. Sekretnye diplomaticheskie dokumenty iz istorii kanu…
Journal Article Sovetsko-Frantsuzskie otnosheniya vo vremya Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny 1941–1945 gg. Dokumenty i materialy and Vengriya i vtoraya mirovaya voina. Sekretnye diplomaticheskie dokumenty iz istorii kanuna i perioda voiny Get access Sovetsko-Frantsuzskie otnosheniya vo vremya Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny 1941–1945 gg. Dokumenty i materialy. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo politicheskoi literatury. 1959. 551 pp.Vengriya i vtoraya …
Russian Foreign Policy. Essays in Historical Perspective, Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy and Der Hitler-Stalin-Pakt, 1939–1941: Ein Beitrag zur Methode sowjetischer Aussenpolitik
Journal Article Russian Foreign Policy. Essays in Historical Perspective, Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy and Der Hitler-Stalin-Pakt, 1939–1941: Ein Beitrag zur Methode sowjetischer Aussenpolitik Get access Russian Foreign Policy. Essays in Historical Perspective. Ed. by Ivo J. Lederer. Foreword by George Vernadsky. New Haven, London: Yale University Press. 1962. 620 pp. Index. $10. 80s.Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy.…
The ‘Military Factor’ in Soviet Policy
Journal Article The ‘Military Factor’ in Soviet Policy Get access John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 1963, Pages 214–226, https://doi.org/10.2307/2611298 Published: 01 April 1963
Peking und Moskau
Peking und Moskau Get access Peking und Moskau. By Klaus Mehnert. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. 1962. 606 pp. Map endpaper. Bibliog. Index. DM 19.80. John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 1963, Pages 314–316, https://doi.org/10.2307/2611356 Published: 01 April 1963
The Red Army of China
Journal Article The Red Army of China Get access The Red Army of China. By Edgar O'Ballance. London: Faber & Faber. 1962. 232 pp. Maps. Index. 30s. J. Erickson J. Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 39, Issue 4, October 1963, Pages 638–639, https://doi.org/10.2307/2609278 Published: 01 October 1963
The Defense of Berlin, Der Sowjetsektor von Berlin: Eine Analyse seines äusseren und inneren Status and Als Berlin Brannte: Diarium der Jahre 1943–1945
Journal Article The Defense of Berlin, Der Sowjetsektor von Berlin: Eine Analyse seines äusseren und inneren Status and Als Berlin Brannte: Diarium der Jahre 1943–1945 Get access The Defense of Berlin. By Jean Edward Smith. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins Press; London: Oxford University Press. 1964. 431 pp. Maps. Tables. Bibliog. Index. 45s.Der Sowjetsektor von Berlin: Eine Analyse seines äusseren und inneren Status. By Siegfried Mampel. Fran…
Virtue in Retrospect
Journal Article Virtue in Retrospect: Soviet Writing on Foreign Policy and International Politics Get access John Erickson John Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 40, Issue 4, October 1964, Pages 685–692, https://doi.org/10.2307/2611733 Published: 01 October 1964
Russia at War 1941–1945 and Hitler's War on Russia: The Story of the German Defeat in the East
Journal Article Russia at War 1941–1945 and Hitler's War on Russia: The Story of the German Defeat in the East Get access Russia at War 1941–1945. By Alexander Werth. London: Barrie & Rockliff. 1964. 1100 pp. Bibliog. Index. 60s.Hitler's War on Russia: The Story of the German Defeat in the East. By Paul Carell. Trans. by Ewald Osers. London, Toronto, Wellington, Sydney: Harrap. 1964. 640 pp. Bibliog. Index. 45s. J. Erickson J. Erickson Search for…
Soviet Partisans in World War II and Operation Barbarossa: The Battle for Moscow
Journal Article Soviet Partisans in World War II and Operation Barbarossa: The Battle for Moscow Get access Soviet Partisans in World War II. Ed. by John A. Armstrong. Foreword by Philip E. Mosely. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1964. 792 pp. Diagrams. Maps. Tables. Bibliog. Index. $12.50.Operation Barbarossa: The Battle for Moscow. By Ronald Seth. London: Anthony Blond. 1964. 191 pp. Maps. Bibliog. Index. 25s. J. Erickson J. Erickson Se…
Soviet strategy at the crossroads∗
The Military-Technical Revolution. Its Impact on Strategy and Foreign Policy
Soviet BMD: The World Today March 1967
With the Red Fleet: The War Memoirs of the late Admiral Arseni G. Golovko
Journal Article With the Red Fleet: The War Memoirs of the late Admiral Arseni G. Golovko Get access With the Red Fleet: The War Memoirs of the late Admiral Arseni G. Golovko. Ed. and Introduced by Ubrey Mansergh. Trans. by Peter Broomfield. London: Putnam. 1965. 248 pp. Index. 30s. J. Erickson J. Erickson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 43, Issue 2, April 1967, Pages 331–332,…
The Armed Services and Society: Alienation, Management, and Integration
The Soviet response to surprise attack: Three directives, 22 June 1941
(1972). The Soviet response to surprise attack: Three directives, 22 June 1941. Soviet Studies: Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 519-553
Soviet Military Manpower Policies
Soviet military policy: Priorities and perspectives
The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin's War with Germany
Bookshelf
WAR IN THE SHADOWS Konfrontasi. The Indonesia‐Malaysia Dispute 1963–1966. By J. A. C. Mackie. Oxford University Press. 1974. THE WORLD AND THE KREMLIN Soviet Foreign Policy 1962–73: The Paradox of Super Power. By Robin Edmonds. Oxford University Press. 1975. 197 pp. Maps. £4.50. ARMS, MEN AND THE URGE TO PUBLISH The Dynamics of the Arms Race. Edited by David Carlton and Carlo Schaerf. Croom Helm. 1975. 244 pp. War in the Next Decade. Edited by Ro…
The Road to Stalingrad. Stalin's War with Germany. Volume 1
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