Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991. - Couverture souple

Galeotti, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780961057 ISBN 13 : 9781780961057

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

A detailed illustrated study of Putin's shadowy security and paramilitary armed forces.

While the size of Russia's regular forces has shrunk recently, its security and paramilitary elements have become increasingly powerful. Under the Putin regime they have proliferated and importantly seem set to remain Russia's most active armed agencies for the immediate future.

In parallel, within the murky world where government and private interests intersect, a number of paramilitary 'private armies' operate almost as vigilantes, with government toleration or approval.

This book offers a succinct overview of the official, semi-official and unofficial agencies that pursue Russian government and quasi-government objectives by armed means, from the 200,000-strong Interior Troops, through Police and other independent departmental forces, down to private security firms.

Featuring rare photographs, and detailed colour plates of uniforms, insignia and equipment, this study by a renowned authority explores the Putin regime's shadowy special-forces apparatus, active in an array of counter-terrorist and counter-mafia wars since 1991.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security with a career spanning academia, government and business, a prolific author and frequent media commentator. He heads the Mayak Intelligence consultancy and is an Honorary Professor at University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies as well as holding fellowships with RUSI and the Institute of International Relations Prague. He has been Professor of Global Affairs at New York University, a Senior Research Fellow at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a Visiting Professor at Rutgers-Newark and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Édouard Detaille.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780961057
• ISBN 13: 9781780961057
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Shumate Johnny
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited, Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited; productsafety@bloomsbury.com; ; 29 Earlsfort Terrace; Dublin 2; D02 AY28; Irlande