Spetsnaz
Autor Tor Bukkvollen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 apr 2027
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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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 ProletariatThe 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 ApproachWas 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 DonbasSpetsnaz as a Global Asset—the Case of Syria
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index