This bibliography covers the Soviet armed forces from the birth of the Red Army and the origins of the Soviet military system to the demise of the Soviet Union.

Preface. -- Acknowledgments. -- Part one: Archive Guides; Imperial Antecedents; Biographies and Memoirs; Reference, Dictionaries; Biblioteka Ofitsera; Military Manuals, Field Regulations; -- Part two: Revolution and Civil War; Military Reform, Doctrine, Operations, 1922-1940; The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. -- Part Three: The Nuclear Age; The Army and the Party; Overview' "Breakthrough Books," 1944-1994; Name Index; Subject Index.