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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810287203321

Titolo

Russian military reform, 1992-2002 / / editors, Anne C. Aldis, Roger N. McDermott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2003

ISBN

1-135-75468-3

0-203-01105-8

1-280-04597-3

9786610045976

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Cass series on Soviet (Russian) military institutions ; ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

AldisAnne <1953->

McDermottRoger N

Disciplina

355/.00947/09049

Soggetti

Military art and science - Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Russian Military Reform 1992-2002; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Policy, Politics and Society; 1. The Development of Russia's Security Policy, 1992-2002; 2. Outside Politics? Civil-Military Relations during a Period of  Reform; 3. A New Day for the Russian Army? Reforming the Armed Forces Under Yeltsin and Putin; 4. Russian Soldiers in the Barracks a Portrait of a Subculture; Part II: Force Structure

5. Nuclear Versus Conventional Forces: Implications for Russia's Future Military Reform6. The Strategic Rocket Forces, 1991-2002; 7. Reform and the Russian Ground Forces, 1992-2002; 8. The Reform of the Russian Air Force; 9. Rudderless in a Storm: the Russian Navy, 1992-2002; Part III: Experience; 10. The Challenge of 'small Wars' for the Russian Military; 11. Information Warfare in the Second (1999-) Chechen War: Motivator for Military Reform?; 12. War Scare in the Caucasus: Redefining the Threat and the War on Terrorism; Part IV: Where To?

13. Putin's Military Priorities: the Modernisation of the Armed Forces14. an Economic Analysis of Russian Military Reform Proposals: Ambition



and Reality; 15. Reshaping Russia's Armed Forces: Security Requirements and Institutional Responses; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Military reform has featured prominently on the agenda of many countries since the end of the Cold War necessitated a re-evaluation of the strategic role of the armed forces, and nowhere more publicly than in Russia. Not since the 1920s have the Russian Armed Forces undergone such fundamental change. President Boris Yeltsin and his successor Vladimir Putin have both grappled with the issue, with varying degrees of success. An international team of experts here consider the essential features of Russian military reform in the decade since the disintegration of the USSR. Fluctuat