Militärwesen: Introduction to the Formerly Classified Military Journal
of the GDR Ministry of National Defence
by Svend Aage Christensen
Most Warsaw Pact countries published classified general staff military journals. In the USSR it was “Voennaya Mysl’” (Military Thought) and in Poland “Mysl Wojskowa” (also Military Thought). These two are available in a few Western libraries but also in expensive microfiche editions.
Voennaya Mysl' - Journal of Military Theory | [in Russian] |
Voennaia mysl', full set, 1918-1989 [1,870 microfiche] | $10,000 |
Voennaia mysl', 1918-1936 [593 microfiche] | $2,500 |
Voennaia mysl', 1937-1972 [869 microfiche] | $4,800 |
Voennaia mysl', 1973-1989 [408 microfiche] | $5,000 |
Also the Main Operational-Strategic Journal of Warsaw Pact Forces is available in a microfiche edition:
Main Operational-Strategic Journal of Warsaw Pact Forces | [in Russian] |
(Informatsionnyi sbornik Shtaba Ob'edinennykh Vooruzhennykh Sil gosudarstv-uchastnikov Varshavskogo Dogovora) FORMERLY SECRET | |
40 volumes in total from 1970-1990; approx. 150 pages per volume | |
Microfiche collection, 119 microfiche | $1,250.00 |
PDF format, on CD-ROM | $1,250.00 |