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003			OCoLC
005			20240726105135.0
008			190411s2019 dcu ob 001 0 eng
010			_a2019981204
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dEBLCP _dNT _dJSTOR _dP@U _dYDX
020			_a9781626167353 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aUA770 _b.R877 2019
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aJonsson, Oscar, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe Russian understanding of war : _bblurring the lines between war and peace / _cOscar Jonsson.
260			_aWashington, DC : _bGeorgetown University Press, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 187 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
520	0		_aThis book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is reflected in recent crises. While other books describe current Russian practice, Oscar Jonsson provides the much needed long view to show how Russian military strategic thinking has developed from the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. He closely examines Russian primary sources including security doctrines and the writings and statements of Russian military theorists and political elites. What Jonsson reveals is that Russia's conception of the very nature of war is now changing, where the old lines between a state of war and a state of peace are blurring. Information warfare and political subversion have become both tools and threats below the traditional threshold of armed violence. Jonsson also finds that Russia has considered itself to be at "war" with the United States and its allies since at least 2014, when the Russians believe the United States engineered a revolution in Ukraine to overthrow pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. This book provides much needed context and analysis to be able to understand recent Russian interventions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, how to deter Russia on the eastern borders of NATO, and how the West must also learn to avoid inadvertent escalation.
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650		0	_aWar.
650		0	_aInformation warfare.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2282141&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell