Sunken Legion: Notes from a Russian General Staff Colonel

Author: (Russia) Bratsetz
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The event that occurred on August 19, 1991, leading to the dramatic changes and dissolution of the Soviet Union; Yeltsin's use of Russian troops to bombard the White House in October 1993; the Chechen War in the winter of 1994; what role did the high-ranking officials of the Russian military play? Today, as the tide of commerce sweeps across the entire Russian army, high-ranking officials have become involved in massive arms deals, with a large number of first-class military technologies such as missiles, tanks, and aviation flowing to the Third World. Chechnya—the world's most heavily militarized region—is a headache for the Kremlin. The negotiations between the Russian army and the U.S. military over nuclear weapons determine global security. As a witness to many confidential events, the author reveals the speculation and rivalry of "the men in uniform" during moments of national politics and historical upheaval: due to frequent power shifts and the widespread moral decline of soldiers, the world's most powerful army has reached the brink of rot and collapse.