The Soviet Military And The Future

Author : Stephen J. Blank,Jacob Kipp
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029163253

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The Soviet Military and the Future by Stephen J. Blank,Jacob Kipp Pdf

What are the key factors that will shape the post-Soviet military system? Leading experts assess the geostrategic context in which leaders must operate, the nature of future war, foundations of military power, dilemmas confronting a multinational military force, problems in managing a nuclear arsenal, civil-military relations, economic priorities and problems, and ethnic questions. This current evaluation of how war and the Soviet Union are being transformed is an invaluable study for students and experts in military studies, political science, and the social sciences generally. In this collection of important perspectives, Soviet military elites and influential civilian policymakers discussed what previous and present developments will require in the future. This collaborative effort examines what Moscow sees as important requirements. The study analyzes Soviet forecasting methodologies, naval developments, views about theater warfare in Europe, developments in C3I, the role of space, the Soviet military economy, mobilization regimes, Soviet views on American military thought, perspectives on the initial period of warfare and changes in operational arts. Chapter endnotes and reference lists point to major sources of Soviet scholarship.

Author : Jacob W. Kipp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : OCLC:24772086

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The Soviet Military and the Future by Jacob W. Kipp Pdf

Author : Lawrence L. Whetten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : 0354010204

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The Future of Soviet Military Power by Lawrence L. Whetten Pdf

Author : David M. Glantz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : 9780714682006

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The Military Strategy of the Soviet Union by David M. Glantz Pdf

This study of Soviet military strategy is based upon the relationship between the army and politicians as well as Soviet writings on the subject of military strategy. Thanks to the policy of glasnost, it incorporates Soviet materials hitherto unavailable in the West. It should not be considered simply as a retrospective account of what was; it forms at least part of the context for what will be in the future.

Author : General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135223090

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If War Comes Tomorrow? by General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev Pdf

Military affairs have been affected by major changes in recent years. The bipolar world of two superpowers has gone. The Cold War and the global military confrontation that accompanied it have ended. A new military and political order has emerged in the world, but the world has not become more stable; indeed, wars and armed conflict have become much more common. Forecasting the contours of future armed conflict is no easy task at such times, but this is the primary objective of If War Comes Tomorrow? Focusing on the impact of new technologies, General Gareev considers whether war is still a continuation of politics by other means' or whether the political, ideological, and technical transformation have broken that connection. He explores the linkage between threats to Russian national interests and war as an instrument of policy in great detail and concludes that there is very little prospect either of nuclear war or widespread conventional war. However, he does see local armed conflicts and local wars increasing, with greater emphasis on subversion. He argues that coming decades will see a shift towards a reliance upon indirect means to accomplish limited political ends, and analyses both information warfare and the revolution in military affairs from this perspective.

Author : G.S. Isserson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476662367

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G.S. Isserson and the War of the Future by G.S. Isserson Pdf

Georgii Samoilovich Isserson (1898-1976) was one of the most prescient and prolific authors on military art in the years preceding World War II. His theories greatly influenced the Red Army's conduct of operations and were instrumental in achieving victory over Germany. This book gathers together for the first time English translations of Isserson's most influential works, including some that are still classified. His writings on the preparation and conduct of the deep offensive operation--the deployment of tanks, mechanized infantry, air power and airborne troops to penetrate deeply echeloned defenses--also serve as a primer on how to construct a position to defeat such an attack. His well argued defense of the deep operation based on an examination of recent wars and his reminiscences about the people and events that shaped Soviet military theory in the 1930s are included.

Author : Derek Leebaert,Timothy Dickinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0521407699

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Soviet Strategy and the New Military Thinking by Derek Leebaert,Timothy Dickinson Pdf

This book, first published in 1991, analyses the unprecedented changes, as well as the troubling continuities, that characterized Soviet military thinking during the early 1990s.

Author : Andrei A. Kokoshin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0262611384

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Soviet Strategic Thought, 1917-91 by Andrei A. Kokoshin Pdf

During the Cold War, Westerners were obsessed with the military policies of the Soviet Union. Until the demise of the Soviet Union, however, few details of Moscow's thinking on military matters were available. In this book, Andrei Kokoshin reveals how Soviet military theorists developed and debated the concepts that provided the basis for the Kremlin's defense policies. Drawing on Soviet-era archives and unpublished materials, he sheds light on this important chapter in the history of Russia and the world.The book covers three main themes: the relationship between politics and military strategy in the Soviet Union; how the Soviet political and military leadership assessed threats to Soviet security, the nature of future wars, and methods of warfare; and the relationship between offense and defense in Soviet military strategy. Kokoshin places the strategic concepts behind Moscow's military policies in the context of internal and international struggles for power, and assesses the future role of military power in Russia's national security strategy.

Author : F. Kagan,R. Higham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137120298

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The Military History of the Soviet Union by F. Kagan,R. Higham Pdf

The Military History of the Soviet Union and The Military History of Tsarist Russia treat Russian military history from the rise of the Muscovite state to the present, even peeking briefly into the future. The two volumes will cover Russia's land forces extensively, but will also cover the development of the Russian Navy, and the creation and development of the Russian Air Force, parts of the Russian military machine which are frequently neglected in general writings. The historical analysis will address the development and function of the Russian military whether in peace or in war, as well as the impact of war and changes in the military upon Russian society and politics.

Author : Lawrence W. Lerner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429721908

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Gorbachev And The Soviet Future by Lawrence W. Lerner Pdf

This book presents articles that provide a detailed account on the role of Gorbachev in Soviet's future, political reform, educational reform, economy, military, policy toward the United States and Western Europe, and relations with the developing world. .

Author : Robert C. M. Hall
Publisher : Brassey's
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019843344

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Soviet Military Art in a Time of Change by Robert C. M. Hall Pdf

"An appreciation of the command and control system of any Armed Forces provides the key to understanding how the military power of that state is used. In the present climate of political and economic instability in the Soviet Union, a thorough examination of Soviet command and control is essential. [The author] describes the origins and current configurations of the system. He explains how technological advances in weapons systems and developments in troop control have promoted change at all levels. These in turn have influenced military doctrine, the constantly evolving set of precepts and theories that define much of Soviet strategic and operation practice"--Dust jacket.

Author : Harriet Fast Scott,William F. Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000312546

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Soviet Military Doctrine by Harriet Fast Scott,William F. Scott Pdf

The purpose of this book is to document from basic Soviet sources the development of Soviet military doctrine and its impact upon the Soviet Armed Forces. Soviet military doctrine is defined as the military policy of the Communist Party. In one way or another, this policy affects the lives of all of us-as a possible threat to free institutions and political processes as well as to our economic life and well-being. Generally we approach Soviet military policy in terms of military balances and weapons: comparisons in the number of men under arms, the speed of aircraft of the Soviet bloc versus that of NATO aircraft, the number of ballistic missiles and their throw-weights. Studying such balances is of critical importance in defining, to some degree, existing forces. But it is only through a deep and thorough study of the military policy of the Communist Party, which translates directly into military doctrine, that we can obtain the background that might aid in negotiating with the Soviets on arms control matters or in making decisions that will enable those nations outside of the Soviet bloc to deter future Kremlin military moves.

Author : David M. Glantz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Europe
ISBN : UIUC:30112101041280

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Soviet Military Strategy in the 1990s by David M. Glantz Pdf

Author : Jonathan Samuel Lockwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351474726

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The Russian View of U.S. Strategy by Jonathan Samuel Lockwood Pdf

Soviet perceptions of U.S. strategy remained remarkably consistent from the post-Stalin period through the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union itself. The consistency of the Soviet tendency to engage in the 'mirror-image' fallacy in their analyses of U.S. doctrine and strategic intentions has profound implications for the future relationship of the U.S. and the now-independent republics. This authoritative volume analyzes the Soviet/Russian perspectives of U.S. strategic evolution from the declaration of the 'massive retaliation' doctrine of 1954 through the Soviet collapse of 1991.The Soviets considered the growth of their strategic nuclear arsenal as the main factor giving them political leverage over U.S. foreign policy and predicted that a defense policy based on strategic defense would be the most effective deterrent from a Soviet perspective. Now the Russian military and political leadership places a high value on strategic nuclear forces in terms of political leverage and prestige.Building upon a wide variety of international sources, the Lockwoods offer a penetrating assessment of how the present Russian perspective will affect political relationships, not only with the U.S. and the West, but also among the independent republics. This factor will become ever more critical as they vie for decentralized versus unified control of what was the Soviet nuclear arsenal under the shadow of the collapsing economies. The authors also introduce a new theory concerning the future impact of ballistic missile defense on operational warfare in light of the U.S. experience in Operation Desert Storm. The Russian View of U.S. Strategy provides a comprehensive historical context and an up-to-date appraisal of an uncertain and potentially volatile development in U.S.-Russian relations. It will be of interest to historians, policymakers, and military analysts.

Author : N. N. Sokov
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0847694674

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Russian Strategic Modernization by N. N. Sokov Pdf

This unique analysis of Soviet and Russian defense affairs provides an authoritative and thoroughly documented assessment from a former Soviet foreign policy insider. As an active and informed participant, Sokov's discussion of the evolution of the Soviet and Russian strategic posture offers fascinating and illuminating firsthand insights into Soviet weapons systems, elite decisionmaking, and bureaucratic politics during both the Soviet and Russian periods. The book thus casts light not merely on the development of the Soviet ICBM and SLBM programs, but on a much broader spectrum of issues linked to Soviet and Russian security policy formulation. With its combination of informed analysis and use of new documentation, this work will be invaluable for all concerned with U.S.-Russian strategic relations.