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Russian military thought : the evolution of strategy since the Crimean War

Persson, Gudrun

Year of publication: 2025.

Strategia, Sztuka wojenna, Rosja, ZSRR

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Author
Persson, Gudrun
Title
Russian military thought : the evolution of strategy since the Crimean War
Place of publication
Washington :
Publishing house
Georgetown University Press,
Year of publication
2025.
Volume
XI, 206 s.;
Dimensions
24 cm
Additional information
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Why Study Russian Military Strategic Thought and How? -- A Brief History of Early Russian Strategic Thought -- A Time for Change in the Wake of the Crimean War -- Forming a Soviet Strategy -- The Legacy of World War II -- In Search of a Strategy Beyond Nuclear Weapons -- In Search of a Strategy from the Break-up of the Soviet Union to the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine -- Conclusions and the Art of Winning.
Object passwords
Strategia
Sztuka wojenna
Rosja
ZSRR
Summary
"Gudrun Persson introduces readers to the evolution of Russian military strategic thought from the Crimean War (1853-56) to the present day. The book surveys the pivotal strategic thinkers from Dmitrii Miliutin, Aleksandr Svechin and Andrei Snesarev to Makhmut Gareev, Andrei Kokoshin, and Valerii Gerasimov. Russian military thought is understudied in the West, but it is critical to fill this gap in order to avoid strategic surprise. Furthermore, Persson shows that military strategic thought is c
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%a "Gudrun Persson introduces readers to the evolution of Russian military strategic thought from the Crimean War (1853-56) to the present day. The book surveys the pivotal strategic thinkers from Dmitrii Miliutin, Aleksandr Svechin and Andrei Snesarev to Makhmut Gareev, Andrei Kokoshin, and Valerii Gerasimov. Russian military thought is understudied in the West, but it is critical to fill this gap in order to avoid strategic surprise. Furthermore, Persson shows that military strategic thought is c
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