A Breakdown of Civil-Military Relations: The Soviet Coup of 1991

A Breakdown of Civil-Military Relations: The Soviet Coup of 1991

<p>In August 1991 a Committee for State Emergencies, consisting of the minister of defence and the chief of the KGB, ousted Mikhail Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union. The coup was important for several reasons. The platoons of tanks that moved in Moscow's streets ended a long tradi...

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Main Author: Heinrich Matthee
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2012-02-01
Series:Scientia Militaria
Subjects:
Civil-Military Relations
The Soviet Coup of 1991
Committee for State Emergencies
Soviet Union
Soviet military
Communist Party
breakdown of civil-military relations in the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
KGB
Online Access:http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/185

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