Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781040007242
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Defence Studies
Content:
This book provides a systematic analysis of the Russian-Ukraine War, using the concept of resilient fighting power to assess the operational performance of both sides during the first year of the full-scale invasion.
Content:
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Disclaimer -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Analytical Framework -- The Concept of Fighting Power -- The Wider Concept of Resilience and Resilient Fighting Power -- Key Trends/themes in Modern Warfare -- People, Technologies and Political Will -- The Theme of Total/comprehensive Defence -- The Theme of Mass and Structuring of the Armed Forces -- Cross-domain Integration, Interoperability and Combined Arms Approach -- Notes -- 2 The Conceptual Component: Soviet Strategic Thinking and Military Doctrine in the Post-Cold War Reforms -- Soviet Strategic Thinking and Military Doctrine -- Ukrainian Military Doctrine and Post-Cold War Reorganisation -- Russian Military Doctrine and Post-Cold War Reorganisation -- Comparison of the Two Approaches to Doctrines -- Notes -- 3 Historical Context -- Chronology of Events 2014-2015 -- The Russian Side in this Period -- The Ukrainian Side -- Reinforcement Period of 2016-2022: 'Less Fire Than a Ceasefire' -- Russian Build-Up and Militarisation of Crimea During this Period -- Ukrainian Transformation During this Period -- Issues and Scandals -- Notes -- 4 Combatants -- The Ukrainian Armed Forces -- Azov Regiment -- The Ukrainian Foreign Legion -- The Georgian Legion -- Chechen Foreign Battalion -- Kastus Kalinouski Regiment -- The Russian Armed Forces -- Russian Private Military Companies (PMCs) and Mercenaries -- Comparison of the Ukrainian and Russian Combatants and the Battlefield Requirements -- Notes -- 5 The Land Domain -- The Initial Stage -- The Siege of Mariupol -- Artillery -- The Counteroffensives -- Bakhmut Holds -- Points for Consideration -- Notes -- 6 The Air Domain -- Stages of the Air War -- Effects, Posed Objectives, Targeting and Precision.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032398433
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781032398433
Language:
English
