Project 1721 : a U.S. Army War College assessment on Russian strategy in Eastern Europe and recommendations on how to leverage landpower to maintain the peace / Douglas Mastriano, project leader.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Mastriano, Douglas V.

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher.

Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Security, International--Europe.

Security, International.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Military policy.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Russia (Federation)--Armed Forces.

Russia (Federation)--Strategic aspects.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Armed Forces.

Diplomatic relations.

Military policy.

Politics and government.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

Europe.

Local Subjects:

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 166 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Other Title:

U.S. Army War College assessment on Russian strategy in Eastern Europe and recommendations on how to leverage landpower to maintain the peace

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Since its occupation of Crimea, Russia has adopted an aggressive and often belligerent approach to the nations on its borders. The on-going war against Ukraine and its occupation of large portions of Georgian territory demonstrates this increasingly hostile foreign policy. However, far more dangerous to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the Kremlin's use of a strategy of ambiguity. In this, Moscow keeps hostilities at a low boil, leveraging a Russian diaspora, a web of complex information-campaign-trolls, to stir ethnic unrest that has the potential to destroy NATO and end the unparalleled post-World War II peace experienced in Europe. Yet, there are actions that the United States and NATO can take to prevent Russian aggression from turning into a war and Project 1721 provides the answers to this complex and dangerous security dilemma"--Publisher's web site.

Contents:

Cat and mouse : Putin's complex application of Russian strategic landpower

European security and Russian expansionism

The crisis in Ukraine : Russia's war to control the soul of Europe

Russia and the Baltic nations

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the new Russian strategic environment

A new North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) approach : the Very High Readiness Task Force (VJTF)

Adapting policy to the new Russia

Vanquishing the sphinx

The way ahead and recommendations.

Notes:

"March 2017."

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-166).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed March 24, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Project 1721

OCLC:

978349452