Gerisamov described what any historian of Russian war fighting knows well: a battlefield war that merges conventional attacks, terror, economic coercion, propaganda, and, most recently, cyber. Each component enhanced the others. This blended approach had long helped Russia to project power around the globe, even when it was outgunned and outspent. Stalin was a master of information warfare, at home and abroad, and used it to increase his odds of victory in conventional war. If it confused and divided his enemies at home, all the better.
