The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present

ISBN-13: 9781472836533 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 384 str.

Chris McNab; Mark Galeotti

Opis

The complete and illustrated history of Russia's armed forces from the Russian Revolution until the present day, covering both their involvement in pivotal historical events and recent conflicts.

Spis treści

IntroductionChapter 1 The Emergence of the Red Army, 1917-39Chapter 2 Defining Moment 1939-45Chapter 3 Cold War ArmyChapter 4 Descent into Defeat: Afghanistan 1979-89Chapter 5 New World Order and the Chechnya Disaster 1989-1996Chapter 6 Resurgence, 1996-PresentBibliography and further readingIndex

O autorze

Dr Chris McNab specializes in military history and related technology. To date he has published more than 100 books including US Soldier vs German Soldier (2020), Hitler's Tanks (2020) and The Great Bear at War (2019). Chris has also written extensively for major encyclopaedia series, magazines and newspapers. He lives in South Wales, UK. 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 London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies as well as holding fellowships with RUSI, the Council on Geostrategy and the Institute of International Relations Prague. He has been Head of History at Keele University, Professor of Global Affairs at New York University, a Senior Research Fellow at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a Visiting Professor at Rutgers-Newark, Charles University (Prague) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He is the author of over 25 books including A Short History of Russia (Penguin, 2021) and The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War (Yale University Press, 2022).