The red atlas : how the Soviet Union secretly mapped the world /
John M. Davies
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
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| Omfang | 272 s.
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| Opplysninger | Why this book is a detective story -- War and peace -- The background of the story--from Napoleon's march on Moscow to the collapse of the Soviet Union -- Capturing the world--on paper -- Describing the style, content, and symbology of the red army's maps of the world -- Plots and plans -- The overt and covert methods of the Soviet cartographers -- Resurrection -- The discovery of the maps after the fall of the Soviet Union and their continuing significance today -- Appendix 1: examples of maps of various series and scales -- Appendix 2: references and resources -- Appendix 3: translation of typical city plan Spravka -- Appendix 4: translation of typical topographic map Spravka -- Appendix 5: symbols and annotation -- Appendix 6: glossary of common terms and abbreviations -- Appendix 7: print codes -- Appendix 8: secrecy and control.
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| ISBN | 978-0-226-38957-8
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