Format:
1 online resource (129 pages)
ISBN:
9780833032485
Content:
An examination of the difficulties faced by the Russian military in planningand carrying out urban operations in Chechnya.Russian and rebel military forces fought to control the Chechen city ofGrozny in the winters of 1994-1995 and 1999-2000, as well as clashing insmaller towns and villages. The author examines both Russian and rebeltactics and operations in those battles, focusing on how and why thecombatants' approaches changed over time. The study concludes that whilethe Russian military was able to significantly improve its ability to carryout a number of key tasks in the five-year interval between the wars, otherimportant missions--particularly in the urban realm--were ignored, largelyin the belief that the urban mission could be avoided. This consciousdecision not to prepare for a most stressful battlefield met withdevastating results, a lesson the United States would be well served tostudy.
Content:
Intro -- PREFACE -- FIGURES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- Chapter One INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHECHEN WARS -- APPROACH AND ORGANIZATION -- Chapter Two GROZNY I: 1994-1995 -- A STEP BACK: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- INTO GROZNY -- IN GROZNY: CHECHEN STRATEGY AND TACTICS -- LEARNING UNDER FIRE: THE EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN TACTICS -- AFTER GROZNY: THE WAR CONTINUES -- Chapter Three RETURN TO GROZNY: 1999-2000 -- STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL THINKING BETWEEN THE WARS -- PREPARATION AND PLANNING FOR ROUND TWO -- CHECHNYA BETWEEN THE TWO BATTLES FOR GROZNY: FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT AND TACTICS -- THE RUSSIANS BACK IN GROZNY -- EVOLVING RUSSIAN APPROACHES TO URBAN COMBAT: CHANGES SINCE 1994-1995 -- Casualties and Morale -- Force Coordination -- Communications -- Aviation -- Artillery -- The Troops -- The Press -- THE CHECHENS STILL IN GROZNY -- THE END GAME -- URBAN OPERATIONS AFTER GROZNY: KOMSOMOLSKOYE -- Chapter Four CONCLUSIONS -- RUSSIA'S CAPABILITIES 1994-2000: LESSONS LEARNED AND LESSONS FORGOTTEN -- LEARNING FROM THE RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780833029980
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780833029980
Additional Edition:
Print version Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000 : Lessons from Urban Combat
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=227913
