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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.00947/09049
• Soggetto topico: Military art and science - Russia
• Altri autori: AldisAnne <1953-> McDermottRoger N
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Russian military reform, 1992-2002
• ISBN: 1-135-75468-3; 0-203-01105-8; 1-280-04597-3; 9786610045976
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810287203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cass series on Soviet (Russian) military institutions ; ; 4.