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Strategiya: The Foundations of the Russian Art of Strategy
In recent years, Western experts have generally portrayed the Kremlin's actions as either strategic or tactical. Yet this proposition raises a very important how closely does the West's interpretation of Russian strategy reflect the country's own definitions?
While many military historians have sought to interpret Russian strategy, Strategiya takes a different approach. It brings together, in English, the classic works of the Russian art of strategy, which were rediscovered after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Instead of explaining his analysis of Russia's contemporary strategy, Ofer Fridman offers his translation of and commentary upon the founding texts of Russia's own Clausewitzes, Baron Jominis and Liddell Harts, who have been inspiring Russian strategic thinking--both its conceptualisation and its implementation--from the moment Moscow rejected the exclusive role of Marxism-Leninism in strategic affairs.
Russian contemporary strategists draw their inspiration from three main schools of thought. While works by Soviet military thinkers have already been translated into English, those by both Imperial strategists and military thinkers in exile have remained almost inaccessible to the Western reader. Filling this lacuna, Strategiya offers a fascinating glimpse inside the foundations of Russian strategic thought and practice.
While many military historians have sought to interpret Russian strategy, Strategiya takes a different approach. It brings together, in English, the classic works of the Russian art of strategy, which were rediscovered after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Instead of explaining his analysis of Russia's contemporary strategy, Ofer Fridman offers his translation of and commentary upon the founding texts of Russia's own Clausewitzes, Baron Jominis and Liddell Harts, who have been inspiring Russian strategic thinking--both its conceptualisation and its implementation--from the moment Moscow rejected the exclusive role of Marxism-Leninism in strategic affairs.
Russian contemporary strategists draw their inspiration from three main schools of thought. While works by Soviet military thinkers have already been translated into English, those by both Imperial strategists and military thinkers in exile have remained almost inaccessible to the Western reader. Filling this lacuna, Strategiya offers a fascinating glimpse inside the foundations of Russian strategic thought and practice.
336 pages, Hardcover
Published August 15, 2021
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November 25, 2021
This is an excellent introduction to and overview of several of the leading contributors to the Russian strategic milieu. A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand the Russian approach to competition and conflict.
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September 22, 2023Not at all what I was expecting. At times it felt more universal in how it approached strategy and it’s use of global historical examples watered down its supposed Russian-focus. So whilst it was well written and interesting, for those thinking this will be full of Russian military thinkers, key Russian strategies used in historic battles, and even analyses of Russian geopolitical thinking, this is not what you are looking for. Hence why I struggle to give it a rating at all, not because it wasn’t well written, but because it bills itself as something that it doesn’t quite do.
January 7, 2022
Must read if you want to understand the intellectual basis of modern Russian strategy
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