Putin’s War, Russian Genocide: Essays About the First Year of the War in Ukraine Philip W. Blood, Christopher Bellamy, Roger Cirillo, Dustin Du Cane

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blood, Philip W., Editor.

Bellamy, Christopher, Contributor.

Cirillo, Roger Dr., Contributor.

Du Cane, Dustin, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia.

Putin.

War.

Genocide.

Krieg.

Russland.

Genozid.

Local Subjects:

Russia.

Putin.

War.

Genocide.

Krieg.

Russland.

Genozid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (463 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2023

Biography/History:

Dr. Philip W. Blood, editor (Germany), is a historian of war, military culture, and the Holocaust. His books include Hitler's Bandit Hunters (2006) and Birds of Prey (2021).

Professor Christopher Bellamy (UK), formerly from the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, has published widely in strategic studies and military history including Absolute War which won the Westminster Medal for Military Literature 2008.

Dr. Roger Cirillo (USA), Lieutenant Colonel US Army (retired) and later the Association of the US Army. He has lectured on junior officer courses on war and military history. He has published extensively and was the research-author for American Armies and Battlefields in Europe: World War II (2016).

Dustin Du Cane (Poland)w is an Attorney at Law in Warsaw. His legal interest extends to the academic research of Raphael Lemkin's legal interpretation of genocide and the laws of war.

Dr. Philip W. Blood, editor (Germany), is a historian of war, military culture, and the Holocaust. His books include Hitler's Bandit Hunters (2006) and Birds of Prey (2021). Professor Christopher Bellamy (UK), formerly from the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, has published widely in strategic studies and military history including Absolute War which won the Westminster Medal for Military Literature 2008. Dr. Roger Cirillo (USA), Lieutenant Colonel US Army (retired) and later the Association of the US Army. He has lectured on junior offi cer courses on war and military history. He has published extensively and was the research-author for American Armies and Battlefi elds in Europe: World War II (2016). Dustin Du Cane (Poland) is an Attorney at Law in Warsaw. His legal interest extends to the academic research of Raphael Lemkin's legal interpretation of genocide and the laws of war.

Summary:

On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He declared a ‘special military operation’, expecting a quick victory. The Ukrainian army countered with a spirited defence that foiled his political aims. Putin’s special operation descended into a brutal slogging match of massacres. The horror of Bucha, rapes, looting, and the mass kidnap of children were discovered in the wake of Russian retreats. Reversals shattered Russia’s army, forcing Putin to unleash his bandit hordes—Chechen thugs and pardoned murderers of the Wagner Group. Russia’s artillery, the God of War, continued to hammer Ukrainian culture, cities, and civilians. Mariupol was devastated in the turmoil of mechanized genocide. In the first year, western experts filled social media with analogies of irrelevant wars and false predictions of Ukraine’s progress. The authors of this volume challenged institutional orthodoxy and pushed back against this outpouring of social media. They identified a chilling narrative of existential warfare and the struggle for survival. Putin’s War—Russian Genocide will provoke intense debate, for it uncovers the latitude of Putin’s violence. Readers will learn that Putin’s and Russia’s war comes from a powerful urge to destroy Ukraine. This is the greatest horror of the 21st Century.

This book does not shy away from stretching arguments and forcing us to rethink what war in the east means for 21st century European and Global security. Written as Russian troops encircled and then destroyed Mariupol, Putin’s War re-centres our attention on genocide and the place atrocity has in Russia’s approach to warfare. The authors do not shy away from the war’s implications, exposing the failures of Western strategy even as the performance of Russia’s armed forces are examined both from a military and a war crimes perspective. This will make for an uncomfortable read that mainstream commentators will take issue with. Dr Matthew Ford Associate Professor, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm

"Putin’s War Russian Genocide is a comprehensive evaluation of the first year of the invasion, enriched by the invaluable insights of a diverse assembly of experts. The book illuminates the intricate legal, military, and strategic dimensions of the conflict, challenging established narratives and enriching our understanding of this significant geopolitical event" -Aspects of History

Contents:

Intro

REFERENCE MAPS

UKRAINE 20

UKRAINE INVASION MAP 24 FEBRUARY 2022

UKRAINE SITUATION MAP APRIL 2023

PREFACE

EDITOR'S NOTE

THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Dr Philip W. Blood (editor, military &amp

holocaust historian)

Dr Roger Cirillo (retired armoured cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel US army, military author, and editor)

Professor Chris Bellamy (professor emeritus Greenwich, UK, visiting fellow Pembroke college, Oxford, military historian and editor)

Dustin Du Cane (lawyer)

1. MILITARY HISTORY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WAR CRIMES Philip W. Blood

War crimes and public media

Coming to terms with the past

Russian war Crimes and Putin's War

The verdict of history

2. COLD WAR MEMORIES FROM EUROPE'S PAST Roger Cirillo

Reflections of a Cold War soldier

Western European Security, NATO and the US commitment to Europe

NATO's forward defence strategy

Flexible response shapes NATO strategic thinking

Escalation: from conventional forces to nuclear weapons

The use of chemical/biological weapons fall within nuclear escalation

From battlefield nuclear weapons to all-out nuclear war

The long-forgotten unwritten rules and protocols

NATO and Warsaw Pact forces generated a war morality

The US military's attitude towards Europe and NATO

NATO's Article 5

Warsaw Pact nations joined NATO

Impressions of Russian military capability

The costs of the military-industrial complex

3. HYBRID AND NON-LINEAR WARFARE IN RUSSIAN STRATEGIC THINKING Chris Bellamy

Prologue: of little green men

The science of future war

Science fiction and visions of future war

'Hybrid war': plus ça change?

The Russian denial

Trojan horses-Afghanistan, 1979

Trojan horses-Czechoslovakia, 1968

Trojan horses? Hungary 1956.

'Revolutionierungspolitik' and 'myatezhevoyna': the gradual evolution of 'non-linear' techniques, 1914-2014

Reflexive control and cybernetics: the key to modern Russian non-linear war

The cyber dimension

Conclusion

4. 'NO PLAN SURVIVES CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY' Chris Bellamy

The build-up to war: First encircle

The naval build-up

Having encircled, then strike the head

Ukraine's Stalingrad: Mariupol

Conclusion: from non-linear to linear

5. STRATEGY IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL WAR Philip W. Blood

Strategy and the path to global war

The shifting sands of global strategies

Putin and NATO - an intractable confrontation

Putin and the Russian population

Strategic humanitarianism and the case for an European army

6. PUTIN'S WAR RUSSIAN GENOCIDE Philip W. Blood

Putin's terror

Putin's special military operation-Russian security warfare

Putin's genocide: holocaust by bombardment

The case of the individual perpetrator

Post-mortems of social media and genocide

7. CRIMES, WAR, AND GENOCIDE Dustin Du Cane

A genocide lawyer is born

Towards the Holocaust

The Holocaust and the law

Genocide codified

Justice for Genocide

8. RUSSIAN LAW OF WAR Dustin Du Cane

Knowing the law

Applying the law

Memory in law

9. REALKRIEG IN WARTIME Philip W. Blood

Ripping yarns: culture wars and gaming strategy

The Anaconda Plan One Year On

The western quandary

REFLECTIONS

Philip W. Blood

Dustin Du Cane

Chris Bellamy

Roger Cirillo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-8382-7833-X

Publisher Number:

9783838278339