Russia in Afghanistan and Chechnya : military strategic culture and the paradoxes of asymmetric conflict / Robert M. Cassidy ; composition Kimberly A. Rockwell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.Description: v, 75 pages ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 1584871105
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet DS371.2. C388 2003
Summary: Summary: “This study examines and compares the performance of the Soviet military in Afghanistan and the Russian military in Chechnya. It aims to discern continuity or change in methods and doctrine. Because of Russian military cultural preferences for a big-war paradigm that have been embedded over time, moreover, this work posits that continuity rather than change was much more…”—summary.
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“February 2003”.

Summary: “This study examines and compares the performance of the Soviet military in Afghanistan and the Russian military in Chechnya. It aims to discern continuity or change in methods and doctrine. Because of Russian military cultural preferences for a big-war paradigm that have been embedded over time, moreover, this work posits that continuity rather than change was much more…”—summary.

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