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100	1		_aThornton, Rod
245	1	0	_aMilitary modernization and the Russian ground forces / _cRod Thornton
260			_aCarlisle, PA : _bStrategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, _c2011
300			_avii, 56 p. ; _c23 cm.
500			_a"June 2011."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 47-56).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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			_aThis 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	_aRussia _xarmed forces _xarmy _xrestructuring _xmodernization _xforce structure _xmilitary reforms
710	2		_aUS Army War College. _bStrategic Studies Institute, SSI
852			_h355 Thornton
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1071
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