The Russian Way of War: Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces

Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces. The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today?s Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here’s what the experts are saying: “A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike.” —Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World War II and Editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies.“Probably the best book on the Russian Armed Forces published in North America during the past ten years. A must read for all analysts and professionals following Russian affairs. A reliable account of the strong and weak aspects of the Russian Army. Provides the first look on what the Russian Ministry of Defense learned from best Western practices and then applied them on Russian soil.” —Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Moscow-based Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and member of the Public Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Author of Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, Russia’s New Army, and The Tanks of August.