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A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya free ebook download

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Author(s):	David Stone

Date:	2021	Format:	pdf	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	0275985024
Pages:	280	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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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. Russian military history cannot be summed up simply in a single stock phrase, whether perennial incompetence or success only through stolid, stoic defense  it also shows numerous examples of striking offensive successes.
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