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The Russian Way of War: Force Structure Tactics and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces Dr. Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles

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The Russian Way of War: Force Structure Tactics and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces Dr. Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles

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Russia Military Strategy: Impacting 21st Century Reform and Geopolitics

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This book is divided into three parts. Part one addresses President Vladimir Putin’s personality, Russian methods of developing strategy, and the Russian thought process for evaluating military affairs (forecasting, correlation of forces, forms, and methods of thought). Part two addresses the nature of future war, focusing on future war’s new weapons and organizations (to include aerospace, robotics, electronic warfare equipment, and unmanned aerial vehicles, among other pieces of...

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Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen Wars, 1994-2009

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Books on guerrilla war are seldom written from the tactical perspective and from the guerrilla’s perspective. Fangs of the Lone Wolf: is an exception. These are the stories of low-level guerrilla combat as told by the survivors. They cover fighting from the cities of Grozny and Argun to the villages of Bamut and Serzhen-yurt, and finally the hills, river valleys and mountains that make up so much of Chechnya. Dodge Billingsley, the primary author was embedded with Chechen guerrilla forces...

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1999-07-01 Executive Outcomes-Mercenary Corporation OSINT Guide (Bunker and Marin)

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Cyber Silhouettes: Shadows Over Information Operations (Timothy L. Thomas)

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Cyber Silhouettes: Shadows Over Information Operations (Timothy L. Thomas)

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The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War (Ali A. Jalali and Lester Grau)

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The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War (Ali A. Jalali and Lester Grau)

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2016-01-01 Dabiq-The Apocalypse and Irregular Warfare in the Islamic State (Winter)

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Dragon Bytes: Chinese Information War Theory and Practice (Timothy L. Thomas)

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Three Faces of the Cyber Dragon: Cyber Peace Activist Spook Attacker Timothy L. Thomas

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Three Faces of the Cyber Dragon: Cyber Peace Activist Spook Attacker Timothy L. Thomas

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1996-08-01 The State of Military to Military Intellectual (Glantz and Grau)

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Recasting the Red Star: Russia Forges Tradition and Technology Through Toughness Timothy L. Thomas

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Recasting the Red Star: Russia Forges Tradition and Technology Through Toughness Timothy L. Thomas

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The Dragon's Quantum Leap: Transforming from a Mechanized to an Informatized Force

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Chinese observations of warfare in the information age have resulted in a widespread transformation and metamorphosis of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from a mechanized to an informatized force. This transformation has affected nearly every aspect of China’s military from strategy to logistics to educational development.The Dragon’s Quantum Leap intends to peel back the transformation process and uncover the impact of new modes of thought on several key segments of military...

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1997-06-01 The Drug Threat-Getting Priorities Straight (Mendel and Munger)

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2010-01-01 Measuring Progress in Reconstructing Afghanistan (Davids, Ritjens, and Soeters)

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2009-05-01 Property & Peace - Insurgency, Strategy and the Statute of Frauds (Demarest)

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2018-11-30 Russian Aviation in Support of the Maneuver Defense (Grau-Bartles)

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2013-11-01 The Tactics of Insurgent Groups in the Republic of Chechnya (Kulikov)

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20160822 Bunker and Keshavarz - Terrorist and Insurgent Teleoperatined Sniper Rifles and Machine Guns

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2000-10-01 Like Adding Wings to the Tiger-Chinese Information War Theory and Practice (Thomas)

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1994-01-01 The United States and the Soviet Union in the Middle East (Reich and Gotowicki)

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2009-01-01 Piracy in the Gulf of Aden (Toomse)

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2014-01-01 Strategic Implications of the Afghan Mother Lode and (Hurst and Mathers)

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1988-01-01 Mass-Mobility and The Red Armys Road To Operational Art 1918-1936 (Kipp)

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2018-03-19 Georgian View of Military Reforms and Modernization Efforts (Hilkert)

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1998-09-01 US-Russian Military Cooperation and the IFOR Experience (Kipp)

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2004-07-01 Something Old, Something New-Guerrillas, Terrorists, and Intelligence Analysis (Grau)

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1995-07-01 Changing Russian Urban Tactics - The Aftermath of the Battle (Grau)

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1993-12-01 The Cossack Brotherhood Reborn- A Political-military Force in a Realm of Chaos (Grau)

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1992-01-01 The United States and the Soviet Union in the Middle East (Reich and Gotowicki)

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2009-01-01 Sri Lankan 4th Armoured Regiment - Wheels to Tracks (Welch)

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20170418 Gunduz - The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and Its Urban Warfare Tactics

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Property & Peace: Insurgency, Strategy, and the Statute of Frauds

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by Geoff Demarest

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This book argues that the quality of foreign real property systems be made a priority issue in US diplomatic, military and intelligence thinking and strategy. The text does not argue that creating better land records will assure peaceful coexistence. Formal real property record systems correlate with peaceful societies, but the principle assertion here is in the negative. Even with formal records, functioning property courts, and a free and fluid market in land a place may still suffer violent...

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Mountain Warfare and Other Lofty Problems: Foreign Perspectives on High-Altitude Combat

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by Les Grau and Charles Bartles

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There is long history of writings on mountain combat that include such luminaries as Clausewitz and Engels. Yet the allied force in Afghanistan frequently displayed a reluctance to go and remain in the mountains. Les Grau has been writing on mountain combat before the US invasion of Afghanistan. During a trip to Afghanistan, Les and Chuck Bartles decided to do a book on foreign perspectives of mountain combat. Their goal was to share this information with units deploying to Afghanistan and...

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20150121 Turnbull - Trafficking in Kazakhstan

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20160801 Stein - Transition in the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan - From Conscripts to Contract Soldiers

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2010-01-01 Leahy in Indonesia-Damned if You Do (and Even if You Don't) (Comer)

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2011-01-01 From Arab Spring to the Russian Evolution (Callen)

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2011-01-01 Changing Trends in Israel-Turkey Security and Military Relations-Their Perspectives (Kaya)

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2000-02-09 The Russian View of Information War (Thomas)

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1997-01-01 Law Enforcement and the Mexican Armed Forces (Turbiville)

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20140710 Artman- The American Transit Center at Manas-What Drives Kyrgyz Policy

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2008-03-01 Why Uganda has Failed to Defeat the Lords Resistance Army (Feldman)

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20150324 Bartles - Keeping NBC Relevant-Flame Weapons in the Russian Armed Forces

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20170519 Populism Spreads East-The Effects of Nationalism in Post-Euro Ukraine (Aldaya)

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2003-10-01 Organized Brigandage and the Structure of Life (Demarest)

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2008-01-01 China’s Comprehensive IW-Strategy Link (Thomas)

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2013-08-01 A Central Asian Perspective of Security if Afghanistan (Stein)

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20150630 Fiegel - Honduran Military Implements Narco-Strip Bombing Campaign

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2001-01-01 History and Identity within the Sandzak Region (King-Savic)

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2007-10-01 Patterns and Predictability - The Soviet Evaluation of OP Linebacker II (Drenkowski and Grau)

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1986-01-01 American Perspectives on Eastern Front Operations in World War II (Glantz)

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1995-01-01 The Caucasus Conflict and Russian Security (Thomas)

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1996-01-01 Instant Obstacles- Russian Remotely Delivered Mines (D-Aria and Grau)

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1996-09-01 New Forces for Engagement Policy (Mendel)

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1999-08-01 Urban Combat-Confronting the Specter (Grau and Kipp)

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1992-12-01 Counterdrug Strategy- Illusive Victory- From Blast Furnace to Green Sweep (Mendel)

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1992-09-01 The Yugoslav Conflict-Review of the Literature (Sanz)

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2010-04-01 Radical Islam's Western Foothold- Hugo Chavez and Hezbollah (Pickell)

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2018-07-01 Factors Influencing Russia Force Modernization (Bartles)

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1991-01-01 The United States and the Persian Gulf (Reich and Gotowicki)

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2012-07-01 Assessing the Capabilities of Tajikistan's Military and Security Forces (Stein)

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Passing It On: Fighting the Pushtun on Afghanistan's Frontiers

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This is a reproduction of a 1932 book published by General Skeen, who began fighting the Pushtun in 1897. His military career took him to fighting Boxers in China, the “Mad Mullah” in Somaliland and Germans on the Western Front of World War I. He always returned to British India where fighting the fractious Pushtun continued to be a problem. He was a brigade commander during the Third-Anglo-Afghan War, commanded the Kohat-Kurran field force and fought in the Waziristan campaign. He...

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1994-03-01 Mountain Warfare-The Russian Perspective (Sray)

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1999-07-01 Urban Combat-Confronting the Specter (Grau and Kipp)

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1999-06-01 The Battle of Grozny-Deadly Classroom for Urban Combat (Thomas)

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2007-12-18 The Failures of Historiography- Forgotten Battles (1941-1945) (Glantz)

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2014-01-01 Understanding Contemporary Conflicts in Africa (Arrous and Feldman)

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2018-05-01 A Russian Approach to a Battalion Hasty River-Crossing Assault (Bartles)

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The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan (Les Grau)

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The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan (Les Grau)

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2011-01-01 European Attitudes toward Iran (Abbott)

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2012-12-01 Africas Brain Drain-Its Impacts on Security and Stability (Feldman)

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2013-05-01 The Ansar of Yemen-The Huthis and al-Qaeda (Winter)

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2019-01-28 Soviet Shapers of the Russian Approach to Large-Scale Combat Operations (Grau)

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20140110 Hodish - The Enforcements of Russias Foreign Agents Law

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2007-01-01 Russia's Information Policy in Lithuania (Maliukevicius)

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