Название: A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya
Автор: David R. Stone
Издательство: Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth
Страниц: 280
Качество: Хорошее
Язык: Английский
Год издания: 2006
ISBN: 0275985024
Формат: PDF
Размер: 8,32 Мб
This book brings to light Russia's undeservedly-obscure military past, rectifying the tendency of American and Western military historians to neglect the Russian side of things. Russia, as both a Western and non-Western society, challenges our thinking about Western military superiority. Russia has always struggled with backwardness in comparison with more developed powers, at some times more successfully than others. The imperatives of survival in a competitive international environment have, moreover, produced in Russian society a high degree of militarization. While including operational and tactical detail that appeals to military history enthusiasts, this book simultaneously integrates military history into the broader themes of Russian history and draws comparisons to developments in Europe. The book also challenges old assumptions about the Russian military.
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