1st Edition

The Russian Military into the 21st Century

Edited By Stephen J. Cimbala Copyright 2001
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This work attempts to clarify the major problems facing Russia's armed forces in the present and immediate future. It covers threats from terrorists, break away republics and threats from outside Russia's borders. The book also includes political and economic problems facing the military.

    Part I The Geopolitical Setting for Russian Military Security; Chapter 1 ‘We Have Plenty To Defend Ourselves With…’: Russian Rhetoric, Russian Realism?, John Erickson; Chapter 2 If War Will Come Tomorrow, Peter Rainow; Part II National Security Concepts and Military Performance; Chapter 3 The New Turn in Russian Defense Policy: Russia’s Defense Doctrine and National Security Concept, Stephen J. Blank; Chapter 4 The Russian Army and Chechnya: Victory instead of Reform?, Pavel K. Baev; Part III The Information Revolution and the Military: Challenges and Risks; Chapter 5 Russia’s Asymmetrical Approach to Information War, Timothy L. Thomas; Chapter 6 Assessing the Russian Nuclear C3 System, Stephen J. Cimbala; Part IV The Societal Dimension of Security and Defense; Chapter 7 Public Attitudes toward the Armed Forces in Russia: Do They Count?, Stephen L. Webber; Chapter 8 The Soldiers’ Mothers of St Petersburg: A Human Rights Movement in Russia, Yelizaveta Bogoslovskaya, Ella Polyakova, Yelena Vilenskaya;

    Biography

    Stephen J. Cimbala Penn State Delaware County Campus