Russian Security and Air Power, 1992-2002 - The development of Russian security thinking under Yeltsin and Putin and its consequences for the air forces (Paperback)

This book analyses the security policy of the Russian Federation, internally as well as externally, on all levels of strategy. It describes military-political decision making from Moscow's grand strategy to the use of a single fighter aircraft in Chechnya. In this analysis, Russia's air forces are used as a model for all services of the armed forces. The Chechen conflicts and NATO's security policy have been dominant factors in the development of Russia's security policy during the period 1992-2002. The use of air power in the Chechen conflicts is used here as a case study for testing political and military-strategic objectives. With regard to NATO's security policy, this study shows that the eastward enlargement of this alliance, as well as its use of force in Bosnia and Kosovo, have caused an increase in anti-Western tendencies in Russian security thinking. Russia will continue to manoeuvre between imperial thinking about power and influence and accepting its post-Cold War staus and subsequent co-operation with the west. This dualism, however, forms an obstacle to building modern armed forces, and air forces in particular.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Soviet Russian Military Theory and Practice
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	2004
Authors:	Marcel De Haas
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-7146-8528-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	0-7146-8528-3
Barcode:	9780714685281

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