THE RUSSIAN MILITARY TODAY AND TOMORROW: Since the end of WWII until Today

by Stephen J. Blank (Editor), Richard Weitz (Editor)

Overview

This book is a detailed analysis of Russian military capabilities and strategies since the end of WWII to today. The book is based on a study at the Strategic Studies Institute
Contents are;
Dedication
by Andrew Marshall
Introduction: Russian Military Studies:
A Call for Action
by Stephen J. Blank and Richard Weitz
1. “No Need to Threaten Us, We Are Frightened of Ourselves,” Russia’s Blueprint for a Police State,
The New Security Strategy
by Stephen J. Blank
2. Is Military Reform in Russia for “Real”?
Yes, But
by Dale R. Herspring
3. Operational Art and the Curious Narrative on
the Russian Contribution: Presence and
Absence Over the Last 2 Decades
by Jacob W. Kipp
4. Russian Information Warfare Theory: The Consequences of August 2008
by Timothy L. Thomas
5. Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces and Arms
Control: Déjà Vu All Over Again by Daniel Goure
6. The Challenge of Understanding the Russian
Navy by Mikhail Tsypkin
7. Russian Military Challenges Toward
Central-East Europe byJoshua B. Spero
8. Russian-Chinese Security Relations:
Constant and Changing by Richard Weitz
Publications by Mary C. Fitzgerald

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011918520
Publisher:	Ancient Wisdom Publications
Publication date:	11/02/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	358 KB

About the Author

STEPHEN J. BLANK has served as the Strategic Studies Institute’s expert on the Soviet bloc and the post-Soviet world since 1989. Prior to that he was As¬sociate Professor of Soviet Studies at the Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education, Max-well Air Force Base, AL; and taught at the University of Texas, San Antonio; and at the University of Cali¬fornia, Riverside. Dr. Blank is the editor of Imperial Decline: Russia’s Changing Position in Asia, coeditor of Soviet Military and the Future, and author of The Sor¬cerer as Apprentice: Stalin’s Commissariat of Nationali¬ties, 1917-1924. He has also written many articles and conference papers on Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Eastern European security is-sues. Dr. Blank’s current research deals with prolifera¬tion and the revolution in military affairs, and energy and security in Eurasia. His two most recent books are Russo-Chinese Energy Relations: Politics in Command, London, UK: Global Markets Briefing, 2006; and Nat¬ural Allies?: Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-Ameri can Strategic Cooperation, Carlisle, PA: Stra¬tegic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2005. Dr. Blank holds a B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago.
DANIEL GOURE is a Vice President with the Lex¬ington Institute, a nonprofit public-policy research or¬ganization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Goure has held senior positions in both the private sector and the U.S. Government. Prior to joining the Lexington Institute, he was the Deputy Director, International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr. Goure spent 2 years in the U.S. Government as the director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Office of the Secre¬tary of Defense. He also served as a senior analyst on national security and defense issues with the Center for Naval Analyses, Science Applications International Corporation, SRS Technologies, R&D Associates and System Planning Corporation. Dr. Goure holds a B.A. in government and history from Pomona College, and a master’s and a Ph.D. in international relations and Russian studies from Johns Hopkins University.