This series examines in detail the evolution of Soviet (Russian) military science studying the Soviet method of converting theory into military practice. Separate volumes focus on how successful the Soviets were in applying their theories in combat and how they structured their forces to suit the requirements of changing times.
By David M. Glantz
November 01, 1994
For almost 70 years Soviet and Russian military theorists have been fascinated with the concept of airborne operations. Now Russian theorists tackle the problems posed to such operations by high-precision weaponry. This work, using newly released and formerly classified Soviet and East German ...
By David M. Glantz
September 01, 2001
Armed revolution and civil war gave birth to the Soviet Union, world War II propelled it to global pre-eminence, and the Cold War contributed to the Soviet Union's demise. Given Marxism-Leninism's idological preoccupation with war and threats of war, it is understandable that the spectre of war ...
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By Stephen J. Cimbala
November 10, 2014
This work attempts to clarify the major problems facing Russia's armed forces in the present and immediate future. It covers threats from terrorists, break away republics and threats from outside Russia's borders. The book also includes political and economic problems facing the military....
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By Jacob W. Kipp, General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev
May 01, 1998
Military affairs have been affected by major changes in recent years. The bipolar world of two superpowers has gone. The Cold War and the global military confrontation that accompanied it have ended. A new military and political order has emerged in the world, but the world has not become more ...
By David Glantz
August 01, 1991
First Published in 1991. This book addresses a critical aspect of Soviet maneuver theory that has been almost totally neglected in Western analysis, specifically, Soviet concern for tactical maneuver. Since the 1930s, the Soviets have consistently argued that operational maneuver can be successful ...
By Marcel de Haas
September 29, 2004
First published in 2006. This book analyses the security policy pf the Russian Federation, internally as well as externally, at all levels of strategy. It describes military-political decision-making from Moscow's grand strategy to the use of single fighter aircraft in Chechnya. In this analysis,...
By Colonel David M. Glantz
November 30, 1990
This text is the second of three volumes written by Colonel Glantz on the contribution of intelligence and deception operations to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. It examines the area where intelligence and operations overlap; the nature of co-ordination between the two; and the support ...
By David M. Glantz
March 01, 1989
Published in 1989, Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War is a valuable contribution to the field of Military & Strategic Studies....
By Colonel David M. Glantz
January 01, 1991
David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945....