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Spetsnaz: Modern War Studies

Autor Tor Bukkvoll
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 dec 2024
In this book, Bukkvoll presents the first in-depth history of the Soviet, and, later, Russian special operations forces from their establishment until today. He focuses on three broad topics: Soviet and later Russian thinking on the use of special operations forces; the process of constructing these forces; and the use of these forces in combat.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780700637911
ISBN-10: 0700637915
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: University Press of Kansas
Colecția Modern War Studies
Seria Modern War Studies


Notă biografică

Tor Bukkvoll is senior research fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment in Kjeller, Norway. He is the author of Ukraine and European Security. A specialist in Russian and Ukrainian security and defense policies, Bukkvoll has been a visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford and the Naval Postgraduate School.


Cuprins

Note on Etymology and Translations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Preparing for a Major War, 1950–1979

Spetsnaz—a Strategic Necessity
Finding Their FormSoviet Frogmen
The Birth of Siblings
Spetsnaz and the International Proletariat

The Crimean School of Insurgency

2. Heroes of a Lost War, 1979–1989

Into Afghanistan
Spetsnaz Returns
Spetsnaz Tensions with the Regular Army
Operation Zavesa (Curtain)
Krer and Other Strongholds
On Communisty Loyalty
Spetsnaz Advisers
The Never-Ending Problem of Intelligence
Hunting from the Air—the Spetsnaz Helicopter Advantage
Spetsnaz KGB and Ideas about a Population-Centric Approach

Was It Worth It?

3. Navigating Breadown, 1989-2008

Spetsnaz and the Political Leadership in the 1990s
The Tajik Civil War
The First Chechen War
The Second Chechen War

“May You Live in Interesting Times”

4. Return of Great-Power Competition, 2008–2023

Spetsnaz in the War with Georgia
Spetsnaz GRU in the Serdiukov Reforms
SSO—Russia’s Delta Force?
FSB Center for Counterterrorism
Spetsnaz GRU, Irregular Warfare, and Ivashutin’s Ghost
The Annexation of Crimea and Instigation of Armed Conflict in Donbas

Spetsnaz as a Global Asset—the Case of Syria

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index