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02412aam a2200409 i 4500 001 6196FB6A26B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 008 181003s2019 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018047658 020 $a 1476669910 020 $a 9781476669915 035 $a (OCoLC)1039671957 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ru--- 050 00 $a DK54 D43 2019 082 00 $a 355/.033047 $2 23 100 1 $a De La Pedraja TomaÌn, ReneÌ, $e author. 245 14 $a The Russian military resurgence : $b post-Soviet decline and rebuilding, 1992-2018 / $c ReneÌ De La Pedraja. 263 $a 1812 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 382 pages : $b maps ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part 1. The downward spiral -- The Soviet Union: mounting tensions -- The war in Afghanistan, 1979/1989 -- The self-destruction of the Soviet Union -- The birth of the Russian Federation -- Trouble in the "near abroad" -- The First Chechnya War -- Russia in decline -- Part 2. Halting the decline -- Saving Russia: the Second Chechnya War -- The revival of Russian institutions -- The turning point: the five day war with Georgia -- Part 3. Reconstruction -- The new look -- Asia -- Russia, Ukraine and Crimea -- Turmoil and war in Ukraine -- The Russian expedition to Syria -- The Russian military for the twenty-first century. 520 $a "The transition from the Soviet to the post-1991 Russian military is a fascinating story of decline and reinvention. Lively accounts and maps describe the actions of these wars, along with the Crimea operation of 2014, the separatist struggles in eastern Ukraine and the ongoing Russian intervention in Syria"-- $c Provided by publisher. 648 7 $a Since 1991 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Military history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411630 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x History, Military. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Military policy. 650 0 $a Post-communism $z Russia (Federation) 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x History $y 1991- 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202012926.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6196FB6A26B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search