Mark Galeotti

The Modern Russian Army 1992-2016 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Shumate, Johnny

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A full and authoritative illustrated history of Russia's army since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, including Air Assault and Navy ground forces.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's army has undergone a turbulent transformation, from the scattered left-overs of the old Soviet military, through a period of shocking decay and demoralization, to the disciplined force and sophisticated 'hybrid war' doctrine that enabled Vladimir Putin to seize Crimea virtually overnight in 2014.

Using rare photographs and full colour images of the army in action, profiles of army leaders and defence ministers, as well as orders of battle and details of their equipment and dress, this is a vivid account of the army's troubled history and of its character, capabilities and status.

Written by an internationally respected author with remarkable access to Russian-language sources and Russian veterans, this study is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the growing power of Russia's military.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472819109
• Artikelnr.: 47509769

Autorenporträt

Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security affairs with a career spanning academia, government service and business, a prolific author and frequent media commentator. He heads the Mayak Intelligence consultancy and is an Honorary Professor at University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies as well as holding fellowships with RUSI, the Council on Geostrategy and the Institute of International Relations Prague. He has been Head of History at Keele University, Professor of Global Affairs at New York University, a Senior Research Fellow at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a Visiting Professor at Rutgers-Newark, Charles University (Prague) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He is the author of over 25 books including A Short History of Russia (Penguin, 2021) and The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War (Yale University Press, 2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Born in Crisis
the 1990s: creating a new army in the wreckage of the USSR
First Chechen War
peacekeeping missions
the damaging 'grandfather' culture in the ranks. 'Reform Tomorrow'
the 2000s: slow beginnings of reform under Putin
Second Chechen War
uncertainty and inertia at the top
the Cossack revival. The Georgian Turning Point
2008: profiting from errors and lessons
Defense Minister Serdyukov and Chief of General Staff Makarov force through reforms. The Russian Army Today: structures, organization, chain of command
major annual exercise cycles, and what they teach us. Two Armies: the reformed one
third, and the unreformed two
thirds. The human dimension: volunteer soldiers and conscripts
Ukraine
continuing problem of crime in the military. Intervention Forces: Air Assault and Naval troops
Spetsnaz
anti
piracy operations
Crimea
'non
linear war' doctrine. Tools of the Trade: weapons, vehicles, specialist AFVs
latest 'Ratnik' uniforms and equipment
drones. Select Bibliography