Putin's Wars

PUTIN'S WARS: From Chechnya to Ukraine

'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' The Times

A new history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine.

Written by one of the world's leading experts on modern Russia, Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts into which Russia has plunged since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president. From the First and Second Chechen Wars to the military incursion into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea, and the eventual full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Mark Galeotti has created a vivid insight into the inner workings of the Kremlin.

Updated for this paperback edition to include both the aborted coup of June 2023 and a clear overview of how and why the Russian military has struggled in Ukraine, this is a thought-provoking history of how Putin and his wars have inexorably shaped Russia in the 21st century.

Contents:

Author's Note

List of Illustrations

List of Maps and Diagrams

Abbreviations

Cast of Characters

Chronology

Introduction

PART ONE: BEFORE PUTIN

• Born in Chaos
• A Military in Crisis
• The First Chechen War
• The Wars of Russian Assertion

PART TWO: ENTER PUTIN

• Putin's Priorities
• The Second Chechen War
• Ivanov, the Initiator
• Serdyukov, the Enforcer
• Georgia, 2008 (1): Tbilisi's Move …
• Georgia, 2008 (2): … Moscow's Counter
• 'New Look' Army

PART THREE: THE NEW COLD WAR

• Shoigu, the Rebuilder
• Crimea, 2014
• Donbas, 2014–
• Lessons of the Donbas War
• Syria, 2015– (1): The Unexpected Intervention
• Syria, 2015– (2): Lessons of the Syrian Campaign

PART FOUR: REARMING RUSSIA

• Rumble for Ruble
• Armiya Rossii
• The Sky is Russia's!
• Contesting the Sea
• Power Projection: Blue and Black Berets
• The Spetsnaz
• The Nuclear Backstop

PART FIVE: THE FUTURE

• Political Warfare
• New Generation Warfare
• The Challenges of the Future
• Ukraine 2022: Putin's Last War?
• Conclusions: The Eurasian Sparta?
• Ukraine: A Dispatch on a War in Progress

Notes

Selected English-language Bibliography 

Index

Author: Mark Galeotti

Publisher: Osprey publishing

Description: 400 pages, Paperback, 198 X 129 mm.

Condition: NEW COPY

Shipping weight: 1.300 gr.