Lester W. Grau, a Vietnam War veteran and retired lieutenant
colonel in the U.S. Army, is an analyst for the Foreign Military
Studies Office at the Army's Combined Arms Center at Fort
Leavenworth. He is also the editor and translator of The Bear Went
Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan and The
Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan
War.
Michael A. Gress is a native of Siberia and a former soldier
in the motorized rifle forces of the Soviet Army.
A formidable contribution to our understanding of this war.""- War
in History;
""Includes numerous evaluations and comments by the editors that
are just as valuable as the Russian text. . . . Reading [this book]
may help us avoid the costly mistakes made by the Soviets.""-
Marine Corps Gazette;
""If one is interested in the nuts and bolts of Russian military
approaches to counter-guerrilla warfare, it would be hard to find a
better analysis.""- Journal of Military History Quarterly
Review;
""Indispensable to students of military tactics, as well as area
specialists, as its lessons continue to be pertinent to conflict in
Central Asia.""- Naval War College Review;
""This superb translation will generate widespread and
unprecedented interest in the subject. Offering a candid view of a
war that played a significant role in the ultimate demise of the
Soviet Union, this book presents analysis absolutely vital to
Western policymakers, as well as to political, diplomatic, and
military historians, and anyone interested in Russian and Soviet
history. It also provides insights regarding current and future
Russian struggles in ethnic conflicts both at and within their
borders, struggles that could potentially destroy the Russian
Federation.""- David M. Glantz, coauthor of The Battle of
Kursk;
""Provides a treasure trove of information and analysis.""- William
E. Odom, author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military and On
Internal War;
""This superb translation will generate widespread and
unprecedented interest in the subject. Offering a candid view of a
war that played a significant role in the ultimate demise of the
Soviet Union, this book presents analysis absolutely vital to
Western policymakers, as well as to political, diplomatic, and
military historians, and anyone interested in Russian and Soviet
history. It also provides insights regarding current and future
Russian struggles in ethnic conflicts both at and within their
borders, struggles that could potentially destroy the Russian
Federation.""- David M. Glantz, coauthor of The Battle of
Kursk;
""Provides a treasure trove of information and analysis.""- William
E. Odom, author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military and On
Internal War
A formidable contribution to our understanding of this war.""-
War in History;
""Includes numerous evaluations and comments by the editors that
are just as valuable as the Russian text. . . . Reading [this book]
may help us avoid the costly mistakes made by the Soviets.""-
Marine Corps Gazette;
""If one is interested in the nuts and bolts of Russian military
approaches to counter-guerrilla warfare, it would be hard to find a
better analysis.""- Journal of Military History Quarterly
Review;
""Indispensable to students of military tactics, as well as area
specialists, as its lessons continue to be pertinent to conflict in
Central Asia.""- Naval War College Review;
""This superb translation will generate widespread and
unprecedented interest in the subject. Offering a candid view of a
war that played a significant role in the ultimate demise of the
Soviet Union, this book presents analysis absolutely vital to
Western policymakers, as well as to political, diplomatic, and
military historians, and anyone interested in Russian and Soviet
history. It also provides insights regarding current and future
Russian struggles in ethnic conflicts both at and within their
borders, struggles that could potentially destroy the Russian
Federation.""- David M. Glantz, coauthor of The Battle of
Kursk;
""Provides a treasure trove of information and analysis.""- William
E. Odom, author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military and On
Internal War;
""This superb translation will generate widespread and
unprecedented interest in the subject. Offering a candid view of a
war that played a significant role in the ultimate demise of the
Soviet Union, this book presents analysis absolutely vital to
Western policymakers, as well as to political, diplomatic, and
military historians, and anyone interested in Russian and Soviet
history. It also provides insights regarding current and future
Russian struggles in ethnic conflicts both at and within their
borders, struggles that could potentially destroy the Russian
Federation.""- David M. Glantz, coauthor of The Battle of
Kursk;
""Provides a treasure trove of information and analysis.""- William
E. Odom, author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military and On
Internal War
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