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

by David R. Stone

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275985024
• ISBN13: 9780275985028
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"