The Russian way of war : force structure, tactics and modernization of the Russian ground forces / Dr. Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Grau, Lester W., author.

Bartles, Charles K., author.

Contributor:

Foreign Military Studies Office (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia (Federation)--Military policy.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Armed Forces.

Tactics.

Armed Forces.

Military policy.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 402 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, KS : Foreign Military Studies Office, 2016.

Summary:

Russia's 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, activity in Eastern Ukraine, saber rattling regarding the Baltics, deployment to Syria, and more assertive behavior along its borders have piqued interest in the Russian Armed Forces. This increased interest has caused much speculation about their structure, capabilities, and future development. Interestingly, this speculation has created many different, and often contradictory, narratives about these issues. At any given time, assessments of the Russian Armed Forces vary between the idea of an incompetent and corrupt conscript army manning decrepit Soviet equipment and relying solely on brute force, to the idea of an elite military filled with Special Operations Forces who were the "polite people" or "little green men" seen on the streets in Crimea. This book will attempt to split the difference between these radically different ideas by shedding some light on what exactly the Russian Ground Forces consist of, how they are structured, how they fight, and how they are modernizing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Army University Press website, viewed July 30, 2018).

OCLC:

1010423404