The Tanks of August - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tanks of August write by Ruslan Pukhov. This book was released on 2010. The Tanks of August available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The publication of this book coincides with the second anniversary of the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia on August 8-12, 2008, now dubbed the Five Day War. The conflict was triggered by Georgia's ambitious and nationalistic president, Mikhail Saakashvili, who attempted a "blitzkrieg" to conquer the former Georgian autonomy of South Ossetia, which had proclaimed independence. That attempt led to a military intervention by Russia, which acted as the guarantor of peace in the region, and the first "official war" between Russia and one of the former Soviet republics. This work contains six essays, from a primarily Russian perspective, which provide an in-depth analysis of the political, social, economic, and military context for and causes of the war, the nature of wartime military operations, the human and material costs of the brief struggle, and the war's likely implications for the future.
The Russian Military and the Georgia War
The Russian Military and the Georgia War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Russian Military and the Georgia War write by Ariel Cohen. This book was released on 2011. The Russian Military and the Georgia War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this monograph, the authors state that Russia planned the war against Georgia in August 2008 aiming for the annexation of Abkhazia, weakening the Saakashvili regime, and prevention of NATO enlargement. According to them, while Russia won the campaign, it also exposed its own military as badly needing reform. The war also demonstrated weaknesses of the NATO and the European Union security systems.
Busting the Bocage
Busting the Bocage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Busting the Bocage write by Michael Dale Doubler. This book was released on 1988. Busting the Bocage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945
The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 write by David Glantz. This book was released on 2003-02-27. The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Volume I covers in detail the background, strategic regrouping, and strategic planning and conduct of the offensive.
Seek, Strike, and Destroy
Seek, Strike, and Destroy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seek, Strike, and Destroy write by Christopher Richard Gabel. This book was released on 1986. Seek, Strike, and Destroy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the seventy years that have passed since the tank first appeared, antitank combat has presented one of the greatest challenges in land warfare. Dramatic improvements in tank technology and doctrine over the years have precipitated equally innovative developments in the antitank field. One cycle in this ongoing arms race occurred during the early years of World War II when the U.S. Army sought desperately to find an antidote to the vaunted German blitzkrieg. This Leavenworth Paper analyzes the origins of the tank destroyer concept, evaluates the doctrine and equipment with which tank destroyer units fought, and assesses the effectiveness of the tank destroyer in battle.
