Putin's wars : from Chechnya to Ukraine /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Osprey Publishing,
2022.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Author's Note List of Illustrations List of Maps and Diagrams Abbreviations Cast of Characters Chronology 1. Introduction PART ONE: BEFORE PUTIN2. Born in Chaos 3. A Military in Crisis 4. The First Chechen War 5. The Wars of Russian Assertion PART TWO: ENTER PUTIN6. Putin's Priorities 7. The Second Chechen War 8. Ivanov, the Initiator 9. Serdyukov, the Enforcer 10. Georgia, 2008 (1): Tbilisi's Move ... 11. Georgia, 2008 (2): ... Moscow's Counter 12. 'New Look' Army PART THREE: THE NEW COLD WAR13. Shoigu, the Rebuilder 14. Crimea, 2014 15. Donbas, 2014- 16. Lessons of the Donbas War 17. Syria, 2015- (1): The Unexpected Intervention 18. Syria, 2015- (2): Lessons of the Syrian Campaign PART FOUR: REARMING RUSSIA19. Rumble for Ruble 20. Armiya Rossii 21. The Sky is Russia's! 22. Contesting the Sea 23. Power Projection: Blue and Black Berets 24. The Spetsnaz 25. The Nuclear Backstop PART FIVE: THE FUTURE26. Political Warfare 27. New Generation Warfare 28. The Challenges of the Future 29. Ukraine 2022: Putin's Last War? 30. Conclusions: The Eurasian Sparta? Notes Selected English-language Bibliography Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource () : illustrations (colour). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472847539 1472847539 9781472847515 1472847512 |