Military Reforms of the Russian Federation

Code: 004383
Novoe Zakonodatal`stvo Rossii ob Oborone, Armii i Voennoi Sluzhbe
Sbornik Normativnykh Dokumentov
[ New Russian laws on defence, military forces and service : Sbornik Normativnykh Dokumentov ]
Moscow: Biznes Konsalting Tsentr, 1998
Language: Russian

Price: $ 16.50

This book includes all the main new legal documents regulating life of the Russian army, mobilization, military service and retirement, social benefits of veterans and their families, etc.

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Code: 004400
Smirnov, A.I
Rossiia: Na Puti k Professional`noi Armii
Opyt, Problemy, Perspektivy
[ Russia: On the way to a professional army : Experience, problems, perspectives ]
Moscow: Tsentr Obshchechelovecheskikh Tsennostei, 1998
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

One of the main direction of ongoing military reform in Russia is creating a professional army versus a conscript army. This book discusses the pros and cons, the attitude of youth towards military service on contract, social protection of veterans, etc.

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Code: 004408
Krugov, M.B
Tainy Voennoi Reformy: Zametki Menedzhera

[ Secrets of military reform: Notes of a manager : ]
Moscow: DeKa, 1998
Language: Russian

Price: $ 12.00

This book is quite unusual in the row of books on the Russian army and military reform. Though there is a lot of talk about making the army professional, the Russian army is rarely discussed as a business organization.

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Code: 024781
Ardashev, A.N
Velikaia Okopnaia Voina
Pozitsionnaia Boinia Pervoi Mirovoi
[ The great trench war : Positional war durring WWI ]
Moscow: Iauza, Eksmo, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

This is a study of WWI (1914-1918) as a trench war vs. a fortress war . The technique and methods of trench wars caused many more casualties. The brutality of this type of war cost Europe several millions lives, and created the "lost" generation of veterans.

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Code: 009411
Vil`kovskii, M.B
Optimal`naia Struktura Vooruzhennykh Sil Rossiiskoi Federatsii

[ The optimal structure of the Russian Federation army : ]
Moscow: Institut Sotsiologii RAN, 1995
Language: Russian

Price: $ 9.00

The Russian army, which was officially was created in 1992 after the dissolution of the USSR, is still in a state of reorganization. A number of arsenals, warehouses, and garrisons were left in the former republics.

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Code: 004224
Voina i Politika: 1939-1941

[ War and politics: 1939-1941 : ]
Moscow: Nauka, 1999
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.00

This collected work by Russian and foreign scholars is about Russian foreign policy before World War II, and the relationship between Russia and Germany. It is based on new documents from Russian, German, British, French and other countries’ archives.

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