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Mutiny
Mutiny
by David Hagberg
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In 1984, Tom Clancy released his blockbuster novel, The Hunt for Red October, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that skyrocketed him into international notoriety. The inspiration for that novel came from an obscure report by a US naval officer of a mutiny... (read more)

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One Soldier's War
One Soldier's War
by Arkady Babchenko
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One Soldier’s War is a visceral and unflinching memoir of a young Russian soldier’s experience in the Chechen wars that brilliantly captures the fear, drudgery, chaos, and brutality of modern combat. An excerpt of the book was hailed by Tibor... (read more)

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The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan
The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan
by Gregory Feifer
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The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty-first century. In The Great Gamble, Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. During the last years of the Cold... (read more)

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Special Tasks Updated Edition
Special Tasks Updated Edition
by Pavel Sudoplatov
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Pavel Sudoplatov served the KGB for over 50 years, at one point controlling more than 20,000 guerrillas, moles, and spies. But his involvement with the most nefarious Soviet activities made Sudoplatov an unwanted witness, and he was arrested in 1953... (read more)

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The Soviet-afghan War
The Soviet-afghan War
by Russia (federation) Generalnyi Shtab (cor)
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The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called "the Soviet Union's Vietnam War, " a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, elusive, and ultimately unbeatable Afghan guerrilla force (the mujahideen). The hit-and-run bloodletting... (read more)

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Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the West
Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the West
by Martin Bollinger
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Between 1932 and 1953, a fleet of ordinary cargo ships was pressed into extraordinary service. The fleet's task was to relocate approximately one-million forced laborers to the Soviet Gulag in Kolyma, located along the Arctic Circle in far northeastern... (read more)

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Zhukov: Rise and Fall of a Great Captain
Zhukov: Rise and Fall of a Great Captain
by William J Spahr
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Sheds new light on Zhukov's brilliant career and his place in history.... (read more)

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Zhukov: The Conqueror of Berlin (Great Commanders)
Zhukov: The Conqueror of Berlin (Great Commanders)
by John Colvin
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Outspoken men did not normally last long in Stalin's Russia. Marshall Zhukov was an exception, although he came very close to sharing the fate of many Red Army officers who offended Stalin. One of the few generals to survive Stalin's purges, he beat the... (read more)

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The Sea in Soviet Strategy
The Sea in Soviet Strategy
by Bryan Ranft
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Two of Great Britain's leading maritime specialists take a comprehensive, analytical look at the development, purposes, and importance of the Soviet Navy.... (read more)

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Cold War Experience
Cold War Experience
by Norman Friedman
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This book, published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cold War, is a graphic account of the long-running global drama, which encompassed moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Misile Crisis of 1962... (read more)

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Russia's Air Power in Crisis (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight)
Russia's Air Power in Crisis (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight)
by Benjamin S Lambeth
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Drawing on more than two decades of research including conversations with Russian air force leaders, Lambeth shows how the Russian air force has steadily withered away since the breakup of the USSR.... (read more)

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The threat :inside the Soviet military machine
The threat :inside the Soviet military machine
by Andrew Cockburn
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Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more)

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Caviar and Commissars: The Experiences of A U.S. Naval Officer in Stalin's Russia (Bluejacket Books)
Caviar and Commissars: The Experiences of A U.S. Naval Officer in Stalin's Russia (Bluejacket Books)
by Kemp Tolley
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The Experiences of a US Naval Officer in Stalin's Russia.... (read more)

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The Last Sentry: The True Story That Inspired the Hunt for Red October
The Last Sentry: The True Story That Inspired the Hunt for Red October
by Gregroy D Young
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This real-life thriller, which inspired Tom Clancy's famous novel "The Hunt for Red October," chronicles a mutiny aboard one of the Soviet's most advanced warships, the destroyer "Storozhevoy," led by the ship's political officer who intended to launch a... (read more)

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Diplomacy of Power: Soviet Armed Forces as a Political Instrument
Diplomacy of Power: Soviet Armed Forces as a Political Instrument
by Stephen S Kaplan
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'Diplomacy of Power' presents a systematic account of Soviet use of force in 190 incidents since World War II. These military operations were intended to expand and preserve authority in areas adjacent to the Soviet Union, to influence other Communist... (read more)

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Diverse Forces in Yugslavia
Diverse Forces in Yugslavia
by Bosko S Vukcevich
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Asy Frontu Wshodniego
Asy Frontu Wshodniego
by Przemyslaw Skulski
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Marshal Zhukovs Greatest Battles
Marshal Zhukovs Greatest Battles
by Georgi K Zhukov
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Soviet Warships 1945 to the Present
Soviet Warships 1945 to the Present
by John Jordan
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Report on the Russian Army & Its Campaigns in Turkey, 1877-1878
Report on the Russian Army & Its Campaigns in Turkey, 1877-1878
by V F Greene
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