Politics and the Russian Army: Civil-Military Relations, 1689 2000

ISBN-13: 9780521016940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 374 str.

Brian D Taylor

Opis

This comprehensive overview of the political role of the Russian military (from Peter the Great's time in 1689 to the present) reveals why Russia has not experienced a successful military coup in over two centuries. Including materials from archives and interviews, the book covers the Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods through detailed analysis of some of the most important events in Russian political history.

Recenzje

'… this is a book ideally kept within easy reach, for its narratives are good, its perspectives engaging, and its judgments well-informed.' Slavonic and East European Review

Spis treści

1. Explaining military intervention; 2. Cultural change in the Imperial Russian Army, 1689–1914; 3. The army and revolution, 1917; 4. From revolution to war, 1917–41; 5. From victory to stagnation, 1945–85; 6. Gorbachev, Perestroika, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985–91; 7. Yeltsin and the New Russia, 1992–2000; 8. Organizational culture and the future of Russian civil-military relations.