Topics included russias military relationship with india and china, recruitment statistics, and. But it also illustrates russias opportunistic strategy to carve out logistical and political gains in africa wherever and whenever it can. However, the russian leader maintained that russia is preparing to practice, and, in fact, is practicing against the west what it believes the west has. Antulio echevarria ii of the us army war college talks us through key books, both old and new, on military strategy. Macdonald and janes for the strategic studies center stanford research institute, 1975 ocolc609402992. Assessing developments in russian great power thinking, military capabilities, russian strategic thought and views on the use of force throughout the postsoviet era, the book shows that, rather than signifying a sudden russian military resurgence, recent developments are consistent with longstanding trends in russian military strategy and. So, if you want a handy summary of russian exsoviet military propaganda, were great, anything bad that happened was stalin s fault, we love peace, etc. Which are the best books to read on military tactics and. The best books on military strategy five books expert. Alexander dugin is a farright russian theorist who might be dismissed as a crackpot if his ideas for a fascist empire werent required reading for russia s military high command. A short introduction into russian military deception called maskirovka. The russian hybrid warfare strategy neither russian nor strategy.
Putin on russias military, and what he says trump told him. Topics included russias military relationship with. Russia has also discovered how to jam and divert us gps signals. Russian military deception, sometimes known as maskirovka russian. Russias military strategy and doctrine is designed to educate russia watchers, policymakers, military leaders, and the broader foreign policy community about the russian armed forces and. The russian military has been adamant that they do not practice a hybridwar strategy. The acceptance of military theories of strategy by military professionals, however, has been slow to take. Jan 12, 2019 in addition to incisive commentary about the geopolitical implications of vladimir putin and his policies, this report includes a comprehensive survey of current and planned russian weapons and military technologies, including hypersonic rockets, nuclear torpedoes, and electronic weapons. Russias military capabilities david greene talks with pavel felgenhauer, a russian military analyst whos written extensively about the. A global survey by australian national university, titled the role of nuclear forces in russian maritime strategy.
Clausewitz devoted an entire chapter to the topic of military genius in his book, on war clausewitz, on war 1976, rev. Its publication in 1997 was wellreceived in russia and powerful russian political figures. Jun 30, 2019 the insane russian plan to conquer the world reallifelore. The insane russian plan to conquer the world youtube. Analyzing the russian way of war modern war institute. Russias military mission creep advances to a new front. The insane russian plan to conquer the world reallifelore. This book, issued in the soviet union is military smrutegy, hits been retitled series military strates by the us. Aug 02, 2018 how russia s world war ii military strategy of deception is alive and well today. Russia s military strategy and doctrine is designed to educate russia watchers, policymakers, military leaders, and the broader foreign policy community about the russian armed forces and. Experts suspect this will serve an antisatellite purpose. Im sorry for creating the gerasimov doctrine foreign. The cold war roots of putins digitalage intelligence strategy.
Russian politicsputin chose 2000 as the year with which. Each chapter addresses a different strategiclevel issue related to the russian military, ranging from naval and. Mar 05, 2018 i was the first to write about russias infamous hightech military strategy. There are a myriad of books that you can read about warfare, battles and strategy. Broadly stated, strategy is the planning, coordination, and general direction of military operations to meet overall political and military objectives. He lays out quite nicely how complex and convoluted that history is. On december 31, 2015, russian president vladimir putin approved a new national security strategy for his country. The books final contribution is to explain why, in contrast to its conventional military strategy, chinas nuclear strategy has remained constant over the same period of time. History of russian military strategy 50 foresightforecasting and the correlation of forces 53 people and policies 59 renowned russian military theorists. And each section of the book is written by one of the worlds foremost experts on that. The chapter studying russias strategy towards the middle east is heavily focused on the syrian civil war. In some cases, i made changes or added more material after his. What exactly is russias military strategy in outer space. Renz lays out the context for russias military revival in five chapters, each addressing a different topic.
For the best summary of russian iw writings, see the work of timothy thomas. A history, which is, as its name suggests, the history of strategy from earliest times. Texts about military strategy take us back into the mists of time but what it is, and what the nature of war is, remains hotly debated. Rand corporation defense analysts talked about their report on russias military strategy. Most of russias military and security policies are designed to secure the state and its current territory against potential attacks and to counter the threats that russian leaders see facing their country. Macdonald and janes for the strategic studies center stanford research institute, 1975 ocolc570475470 online version.
Moreover, russian leaders do not really have a welldeveloped strategy on how to achieve this in their immediate neighborhood. The center for strategic and international studies hosts a discussion on russia and europe s current military strategy. Part one addresses president vladimir putins personality, russian methods of developing strategy, and the russian thought process for evaluating military affairs forecasting, correlation of forces, forms, and methods of thought. Russias military strategy and doctrine is designed to educate russia watchers, policymakers, military leaders, and the broader foreign policy community about the russian armed forces and security apparatus across the full spectrum of geographic, doctrinal and domain areas. So, if you want a handy summary of russianexsoviet military propaganda, were great, anything bad that happened was stalins fault, we love peace, etc. The second section of this book continues with the task of defining. The paperback of the the military strategy of the soviet union. Popular military strategy books goodreads share book. Im sorry for creating the gerasimov doctrine foreign policy. Mar 24, 2020 the book reveals that russian officialsboth political and militaryhave engaged in a lively and complex debate about what war is, its nature and its role in international politics. The doctrine covers a broad range of measures for military deception, from camouflage to denial and deception. In 2017 the group released the 61page russian new generation warfare handbook, based on observation of russian tactics. Whether the aim is to give russia and the world a holiday gift or to avoid. Tactics implement strategy by shortterm decisions on the movement of troops and employment of weapons on the field of battle.
This book provides a contextualized understanding of russia s military revival, not to justify moscow s actions, but rather it is vital to inform policy and decision makers in the west. Russias military strategy and doctrine is designed to educate russia watchers, policymakers, military leaders, and the broader foreign policy community about the russian. The second section of this book continues with the task of defining precisely and enumerating the nonconventional elements that are used to carry out the strategy and doctrine followed by russia. These are not the staid, anodyne, articleshaped press releases penned by the staffs of most u. The center for strategic and international studies hosts a discussion on russia and europes current military strategy. The cold war roots of putins digitalage intelligence strategy russian president vladimir putin would double down on his intelligence services as a means to wield power and influence around. The role of nuclear forces in russian maritime strategy. The russian military of 2035 center for strategic and. But if youre not prepared to accept russianexsoviet claims on the basis.
The future military strategy for small states and published several articles in peer. The geopolitical future of russia is a geopolitical book by aleksandr dugin. May 05, 2017 a short introduction into russian military deception called maskirovka. In russia s war, a balanced and acute portrayal of a combat theater that claimed more than 40 million soviet lives, richard overy tells the story of how stalin and his commanders held off defeat and engineered the most significant military achievement of the second world war. Whether the aim is to give russia and the world a holiday gift or to avoid notice, this practice effectively ensures that not a few russiawatchers face a. Russian postussr foreignpolicymakers have realized how precious political stability in the levant is for safeguarding their geostrategic interests. I highly recommend you read the book, as there are many wonderful sections on other countries. In addition to incisive commentary about the geopolitical implications of vladimir putin and his policies, this report includes a comprehensive survey of current and planned russian weapons and military technologies, including hypersonic rockets, nuclear torpedoes, and electronic weapons. The book s value comes not only from a piecemeal look at granular russian strategies in each of the theaters and domains where its armed forces may act, but more importantly this study seeks to present a unifying description of russia s military strategy as a declining but still formidable global power. The chapter studying russias strategy towards the middle east is heavily focused. The purpose of this report is to examine russian military strategy and how it was shaped by the 2008 russiageorgia war in order to understand moscows military objectives in the current conflict in ukraine and how it executes cyber, psychological, and so called hybrid warfare against western s tates. You need to get down the basics of how an army on the move operates and thinks. Religion, politics and strategy, how much did orthodox church help revive russias military and nuclear complex. The book has had a large influence within the russian military, police, and foreign policy elites and it has been used as a textbook in the academy of the general staff of the russian military.
The book reveals that russian officialsboth political and militaryhave engaged in a lively and complex debate about what war is, its nature and its role in international politics. The soviet war machine russian military encyclopedia. But if youre not prepared to accept russian exsoviet claims on the basis of blind faith, find yourself another author. Russias military strategy and doctrine livros na amazon. I write about russia, its politics, foreign policy, and recent history. In its capstone doctrinal manual, doctrine for the armed forces of the united states joint staff 20, the u. Putins main goal was to reorganize the russian military by making it a tighter and smaller force.
On another front, moscow is working on a new anti ballistic missile system. The book has had a large influence within the russian military, police, and. However, the russian leader maintained that russia is preparing to practice, and, in fact, is practicing against the west what it believes the west has been already been using against russia for some time. They discuss the armed forces new equipment, new forces the aerospace forces in. They address russian methods of approaching strategy, future war focusing on new weapons and organizations, and geopolitics. I was the first to write about russias infamous hightech military strategy. Military strategy and tactics are essential to the conduct of warfare. Russias military strategy and doctrine is designed to educate russia. How russias world war ii military strategy of deception is. Impacting 21st century reform and geopolitics page count. This text is from a chapter published in the edited volume.
How russias world war ii military strategy of deception is alive and well today. This book provides a contextualized understanding of russias military revival, not to justify moscows actions, but rather it is vital to inform policy and decision makers in the west. And each section of the book is written by one of the worlds foremost experts on that theme of russias military development. A chronology of russias military and defense strategy. Russias 2000 military doctrine was meant for a period of transition for the military and industrial complex. A brilliant russian military analyst, pavel felgenhauer, famous for his. As the russian invasion of ukraine demonstrates, the u. Military strategy, boulder, colo westview press, 1995. Unpacking russias new national security strategy center. Army modernization and russian military strategy in europe. Sandor is the author of the book titled irregular warfare. Renz lays out the context for russia s military revival in five chapters, each addressing a different topic. Tasks for military science general of the army valery gerasimov, chief of the russian general staff, the traditional annual conference at the academy of military sciences is a platform for military specialists to exchange opinions on the most current and problematic issues of military science. The doctrine covers a broad range of measures for military deception, from camouflage to denial and deception deceptive measures include concealment, imitation with decoys and dummies, manoeuvres.
How russias world war ii military strategy of deception. In 248 pages the book traces the history of the soviet military forces from 1917 revolution, and reveals their known strengths today. The development of military strategy under contemporary conditions. In 1944, moscow unleashed a second dday that ended nazi germany. A history soviet russian military theory and practice 9780714682006 by glantz, david m. This study of soviet military strategy is based upon the twin pillars of soviet politicalmilitary actions and. Which are the best books to read on military tactics and war. Czechrussian relations are hitting a low point, and russia is. It will serve as a strategic base, and it is necessary to create the subsidiary axis. Russias military strategy and doctrine brookings institution. The development of military strategy under contemporary. Feb 26, 2018 alexander dugin is a farright russian theorist who might be dismissed as a crackpot if his ideas for a fascist empire werent required reading for russias military high command. Lets talk about some of the more modern books on your list. This book describes putin and the militarys use of various strategic concepts.
All three are important for foreign analysts to consider when attempting to predict the vector s in which russian military capabilities and actions are heading. Mar 12, 2020 this text is from a chapter published in the edited volume. Jun 15, 2018 rand corporation defense analysts talked about their report on russias military strategy. Russia s military strategy and doctrine is designed to educate russia watchers, policymakers, military leaders, and the broader foreign policy community about the russian armed forces and security apparatus across the full spectrum of geographic, doctrinal and domain areas. Mcdermott and analyst dima adamsky give us a brief synthesis of. Apr 10, 2020 the cold war roots of putins digitalage intelligence strategy russian president vladimir putin would double down on his intelligence services as a means to wield power and influence around. After two decades of neglect, the extensive renewal of military equipment is an important component of russias ongoing military modernization.
Chinas top party leaders have never delegated responsibility for nuclear strategy to senior military officers. Armys asymmetric warfare group was formed in 2006 to identify gaps in u. The books value comes not only from a piecemeal look at granular russian strategies in each of the theaters and domains where its armed forces may act, but more importantly this study seeks to present a unifying description of russias military strategy as. Maskirovka is most simply defined as a set of processes designed to mislead, confu.
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