Spetsnaz

Spetsnaz
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Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9780700637911
ISBN-13 : 0700637915
Rating : 4/5 (915 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Spetsnaz by : Tor Bukkvoll

Download or read book Spetsnaz written by Tor Bukkvoll and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-12-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1951, Lieutenant Evgeniy Borisov was sent to the headquarters of the Soviet 5th Army in Spassk-Dalnii, a small city in the Russian Far East. Borisov was there on a secret mission. Together with his superior, Major Rusinov, his job was to establish the 91st Special Forces Company. The 91st was to be one of forty-six similar units spread out across the Soviet Union. The new forces were called “spetsnaz”—short for spetsnialnoe naznachenie, which translates to “special purpose.” In Spetsnaz, Tor Bukkvoll presents the first in-depth history of the Soviet and, later, Russian special operations forces from their establishment until today. He focuses on three broad topics: Soviet and later Russian thinking on the use of special operations forces; the actual process of constructing these forces and how this was facilitated or hampered by other agencies of the Soviet and Russian states; and the use of these forces in combat. Bukkvoll uses a variety of sources, but the most important are the recollections of former spetsnaz soldiers and officers themselves, which allow an understanding of the history of these forces as the men of spetsnaz see and have seen it. Bukkvoll also draws upon observations and judgments from other parts of the Soviet and Russian militaries, from a number of KGB sources, and from independent Russian experts and journalists. Spetsnaz is essential reading for anyone interested in special operations forces or Russian military history.


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