Russian civil-military relations - Brannon, Robert, (Robert Burl) (Ashgate, 2009)
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Dedication; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Russian Civil-Military Relationsin Transition; 2 Military Doctrine and Security Strategy in Modern Russia; 3 Past as Prologue: Setting the Scene, 1996-1998; 4 Case I: The Russians Are Coming! The Race to Pristina Airport, June 1999; 5 Case II: The Second Road to War in Chechnya: Dagestan, July-September 1999; 6 Case III: High Seas Tragedy and Military Melodrama: The Submarine Kursk Tragedy, August 2000; 7 Conclusions; Epilogue Russia and Georgia: The Summer of 2008; Appendices
Deriving in part from its Soviet past, Russia's military doctrine represents more than just a road map of how to fight the nation's wars; it also specifies threats to national interests, in this case the United States, NATO and international terrorism. Against this background, Robert Brannon demonstrates that the military's influence may reveal as much about politics as it does the military