The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies

Author: Alexander Hill

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This handbook brings together historical and contemporary essays about Soviet and Russian military studies, to offer a comprehensive volume on the topic.

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This handbook brings together historical and contemporary essays about Soviet and Russian military studies, to offer a comprehensive volume on the topic.

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This handbook brings together historical and contemporary essays about Soviet and Russian military studies, to offer a comprehensive volume on the topic.

Comprising essays written by acknowledged specialists, the handbook examines the development of the Russian and Soviet armed forces from the Napoleonic Wars all the way through to the course and conduct of the ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine. Divided into thematic and chronological sections, the volume looks at wars fought by the Tsarist regime through to the First World War; the Soviet Union’s ‘Great Patriotic War’, from 1941 to 1945; the Cold War (including the Soviet war in Afghanistan); and Russia’s post-Soviet wars and military development. In addition, the volume also includes a section that analyses a number of ‘overarching themes’, including the development of Russian and Soviet airpower, partisan warfare, counterinsurgency and the role of women in Russian and Soviet armed forces. The volume concludes with an essay looking at whether, using the historical material and material on the conduct of the war in Ukraine, we can reasonably talk of a ‘Russian way of war’.

This volume will be of considerable interest to students of the Soviet Union and Russia, strategic studies and military history.

Critic Reviews

'Combining empirical and analytical material on key moments in Soviet and Russian military history, this is a thought-provoking compendium of works by leading experts in their respective fields. Analysis of Russia’s strategic and military culture provides invaluable insights into the dynamics of the Russo-Ukrainian war.’

Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, UK

‘Alexander Hill has gathered a galaxy of stellar researchers whose expertise combines to produce the definitive sourcebook on Russia’s military history, doctrines and practices. Their cutting-edge contributions are as innovative as they are deep and make this book the essential starting-point for students and scholars of Russian and Soviet military studies.’

Geoffrey Roberts, University College Cork, Ireland

About the Author

Alexander Hill is a Professor in Military History at the University of Calgary, Canada, and a fellow of its Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Red Army and the Second World War (2017).