Military modernization and the Russian ground forces / (Record no. 76343)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME | |
| control field | 20120809144728.0 |
| 008 - GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 110808s2011 pau | f000 0 eng c |
| 020 ## - ISBN | |
| ISBN | 9781584874928 |
| 020 ## - ISBN | |
| ISBN | 1584874929 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGUING LIBRARY | |
| Original cataloging library | AWC |
| Modifying library | AFQ |
| -- | Sipr |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code | eng |
| 100 1# - AUTHOR | |
| Personal name | Thornton, Rod |
| 245 10 - TITLE | |
| Title | Military modernization and the Russian ground forces / |
| Author, etc | Rod Thornton |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION DATA | |
| Place of publication | Carlisle, PA : |
| Publisher | Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, |
| Year | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PAGES ETC | |
| Pages | vii, 56 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "June 2011." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| About the authors | Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-56). |
| 505 0# - CONTENTS | |
| Contents | Introduction -- History of post-Soviet military reform -- Putin advances reforms -- The war with Georgia -- New command structures -- The failure of professionalization -- Education and training -- Equipment -- The modernization process -- conclusion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary, etc | This monograph examines the recent process of organizational change in the Russian ground forces. It begins by charting the whole post-Soviet military reform debate. This debate was dominated, on the one hand, by those seeking to make the armed forces more professional, flexible, and adroit -- and thus better suited to the security demands of a major 21st-century power -- and, on the other hand, by senior military figures wedded to the concepts of mass and a conscript based military. It was actually only after the war with Georgia in 2008, and when military opposition was weakened, that change within the ground forces could begin in earnest. New command tiers were established, divisions became brigades, and the idea of absorbing professional soldiers into the ground forces was refined. The problems of generating a suitable corps of non-commissioned officers, of training suitable officers, and of marrying equipment to strategic need are all issues covered here. This work concludes with the thought that even though the changes being introduced in the ground forces look dramatic, they cannot be implemented overnight. The road towards fundamental change where Russia's ground forces are concerned will be quite a long one. |
| 651 #7 - KEYWORD/GEOGRAPHIC | |
| Geographic keyword | Russia |
| Subdivision | armed forces |
| -- | army |
| -- | restructuring |
| -- | modernization |
| -- | force structure |
| -- | military reforms |
| 710 2# - ADDED INSTITUTION | |
| Institution | US Army War College. |
| Subordinate unit | Strategic Studies Institute, SSI |
| 852 ## - LOCATION | |
| Classification part | 355 Thornton |
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| URI | http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1071 |
| 942 ## - ITEM TYPE (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | monograph |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Acquisition no. | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| SIPRI Library and Documentation | SIPRI Library and Documentation | 2011-08-09 | 355 Thornton | G11/853 | 2011-08-09 | monograph |