The Soviet Union remains a superpower with global security interests and ambitions. The doctrines, practices and capabilities of its still formidable armed forces are shaping world politics just at the same time that the future of the country that created them is in doubt. This is the first book to analyze the unprecedented changes, as well as the troubling continuities, that characterize Soviet military thinking during the early 1990s. The authors, a group of leading analysts in the United States national security community, confront the range of Soviet military strengths, including...

What kind of book - well, besides a field guide - contains a moose, a mole, and a mouse between its covers? Why, The Escapades of Miks & Tibs: Book I, of course This is the light-hearted story of two little elven brothers and their adventures in an unusually unpredictable forest. The adventure begins with the discovery of a foul fume invading the elves' peaceful village. Worse still, it's poisonous and knocking out their neighbors Join Miks and Tibs as they set the stage for an untraditional tale of fearlessness, friendship, and folly.