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'Exactly the right book at the right time' The Times
'Essential reading' The Financial Times
A new history of how Putin and his conflicts have reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.
Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts into which Russia has plunged since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president. From the First and Second Chechen Wars to the military incursion into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the eventual full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Dr Mark Galeotti has produced a thought-provoking history of how Putin and his wars have inexorably reshaped Russia. Dr Galeotti also looks more broadly at Putin's attempts to reconstruct Russian military power from mercenaries to information operatives, and how in this rekindled Cold War with the West Putin has increasingly relied on military force to project power abroad. Galeotti does not ignore Russian military failings at both tactical and strategic levels in all these conflicts, particularly during the invasion of Ukraine.
Peppered with anecdotes and first-hand accounts from serving and retired Russian officers, this is an engaging and important history. There is no better time to understand how and why Putin has ordered his armed forces into a variety of wars. There is no author better placed to give a glimpse of what the future may hold.
Recenzijas
The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time. * The Times * Galeottis work is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand current events in Ukraine. -- Gillian Tett * The Financial Times * Putins Wars is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Russias military. * Literary Review * The definitive work on this subject to date. * History of War * Mark Galeotti is one of the most insightful and incisive analysts on Russias past, present, and future. Russias February 2022 expanded invasion of Ukraine tragically highlights the critical importance of understanding the connection between politics and war. Galeotti vividly shows how Russia has waged its wars... [ and] how those wars shaped the countrys politics and, in turn, how politics shaped Moscows military campaigns. * Joshua C. Huminski, Director, Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence and Global Affairs, Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress * This is a vivid account of how Putin has used armed force during his time in power, culminating in the deadly war in Ukraine. * Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, Kings College London * An accessible, lucid and vivid comprehensive contemporary account of the inner workings, logic and rationales of the central military pillar of Putinism. I unreservedly recommend this gem. * Dr Graeme P. Herd, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies * Putins Wars is Galeotti at his finest: writing that moves like a spy novel and enough information for the student or professional reader An excellent and accessible contribution to the field for seasoned Russian observers and those interested in the larger sweep of how it all transpired. * Dr Yuval Weber, Bren Chair of Russian Military and Political Strategy at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity at the US Marine Corps University *
Papildus informācija
A new history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.
Authors Note
List of Illustrations
List of Maps and Diagrams
Abbreviations
Cast of Characters
Chronology
1. Introduction
PART ONE: BEFORE PUTIN
2. Born in Chaos
3. A Military in Crisis
4. The First Chechen War
5. The Wars of Russian Assertion
PART TWO: ENTER PUTIN
6. Putins Priorities
7. The Second Chechen War
8. Ivanov, the Initiator
9. Serdyukov, the Enforcer
10. Georgia, 2008 (1): Tbilisis Move
11. Georgia, 2008 (2): Moscows Counter
12. New Look Army
PART THREE: THE NEW COLD WAR
13. Shoigu, the Rebuilder
14. Crimea, 2014
15. Donbas, 2014
16. Lessons of the Donbas War
17. Syria, 2015 (1): The Unexpected Intervention
18. Syria, 2015 (2): Lessons of the Syrian Campaign
PART FOUR: REARMING RUSSIA
19. Rumble for Ruble
20. Armiya Rossii
21. The Sky is Russias!
22. Contesting the Sea
23. Power Projection: Blue and Black Berets
24. The Spetsnaz
25. The Nuclear Backstop
PART FIVE: THE FUTURE
26. Political Warfare
27. New Generation Warfare
28. The Challenges of the Future
29. Ukraine 2022: Putins Last War?
30. Conclusions: The Eurasian Sparta?
31. Ukraine: A Dispatch on a War in Progress
Notes
Selected English-language Bibliography
Index
Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security affairs with a career spanning academia, government service and business, a prolific author and frequent media commentator. He heads the Mayak Intelligence consultancy and is an Honorary Professor at University College Londons School of Slavonic and East European Studies as well as holding fellowships with RUSI and the Institute of International Relations Prague. He is the author of over 25 books including A Short History of Russia (Penguin, 2021).
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