BOOK REVIEWS: Kotelnikov, Vladimir. Red Assault: Soviet Airborne Forces, 1930–1941. Trans. Kevin Bridge. Warwick, UK: Helion & Company, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-912390-79-3.

In 1930, Soviet troops conducted the first airborne assault as part of a military training exercise. Shortly thereafter, Soviet military theorists and planners identified key tasks for their nascen...