Sunken Army - Notes of a Russian General Staff Colonel

Author: (Russia) Bratsetsov, translated by Xu Kui and others
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: The event that occurred on August 19, 1991, led to the dramatic changes and dissolution of the Soviet Union. In October 1993, Yeltsin used Russian troops to bombard the White House. The Chechen War in the winter of 1994—what role did the high-ranking officers 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 military and the U.S. military over nuclear weapons determine global security. As a witness to many confidential events, the author reveals the opportunism and infighting of the "shoulder-borne ones" during moments of national politics and historical upheaval: due to frequent power shifts and the widespread moral decay among soldiers, the world's most powerful army has reached the brink of rot and collapse.