Spetsnaz The Inside Story Of The Soviet Special Forces

Author : Viktor Suvorov
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393285847
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spetsnaz: The Inside Story of the Soviet Special Forces written by Viktor Suvorov and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1988-09-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viktor Suvorov is a Soviet army officer who has defected to the West. Here is the full story of the Spetsnaz forces, the Soviet army's secret killer elite. This is the first comprehensive insight for the West into a Soviet "army within an army" whose existence has been known until recently only to a few highly placed people--most of whom would deny it. The spetsnaz Soviet special forces are one of the more shadowy and ruthless secret special forces in the world. Controlled by military intelligence (the GRU), spetsnaz units are recruited from the ranks of the toughest officers and men in the Soviet Army, the cutting edge of Soviety military might. In modern warfare their primary task is the destruction of enemy tactical nuclear weapons, but the training of anyone selected for spetsnaz prepares him or her for an unlimited range of tasks--from undercover activity as a member of a Soviet Olympic sports team to piloting a midget submarine. As an officer in the GRU, the author was directly involved in the control and planning of spetsnaz. In this revealing and sometimes shocking book, he talks about his own experience; about the military code of an armed force that kills its own wounded; about the weapons, strategy, and training. For anyone interested in the true military capability of the Soviet Union, this book is essential reading.

Author : Kirsten Amundsen
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Spetsnaz written by Kirsten Amundsen and published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited. This book was released on 1990 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Viktor Suvorov
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425071106
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Soviet Army written by Viktor Suvorov and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1984 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472807235
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spetsnaz written by Mark Galeotti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. When the shadowy, notorious Spetsnaz were first formed, they drew on a long Soviet tradition of elite, behind-the-lines commando forces from World War II and even earlier. Throughout the 1960s–70s they were instrumental both in projecting Soviet power in the Third World and in suppressing resistance within the Warsaw pact. As a powerful, but mysterious tool of a world superpower, the Spetsnaz have inevitably become the focus of many 'tall tales' in the West. In this book, a peerless authority on Russia's military Special Forces debunks several of these myths, uncovering truths that are often even more remarkable. Since the chaotic dissolution of the USSR and the two Chechen Wars, Russian forces have seen increasing modernization, involving them ever more in power-projection, counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism and the Spetsnaz have been deployed as a spearhead in virtually all of these operations. This fully illustrated book packed with details such as orders-of-battle, equipment and operational doctrine offers a unique, absorbing guide to the secrets of the Spetsnaz, their most noteworthy missions and personalities.

Author : Viktor Suvorov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spetsnaz written by Viktor Suvorov and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472807243
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spetsnaz written by Mark Galeotti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. When the shadowy, notorious Spetsnaz were first formed, they drew on a long Soviet tradition of elite, behind-the-lines commando forces from World War II and even earlier. Throughout the 1960s–70s they were instrumental both in projecting Soviet power in the Third World and in suppressing resistance within the Warsaw pact. As a powerful, but mysterious tool of a world superpower, the Spetsnaz have inevitably become the focus of many 'tall tales' in the West. In this book, a peerless authority on Russia's military Special Forces debunks several of these myths, uncovering truths that are often even more remarkable. Since the chaotic dissolution of the USSR and the two Chechen Wars, Russian forces have seen increasing modernization, involving them ever more in power-projection, counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism and the Spetsnaz have been deployed as a spearhead in virtually all of these operations. This fully illustrated book packed with details such as orders-of-battle, equipment and operational doctrine offers a unique, absorbing guide to the secrets of the Spetsnaz, their most noteworthy missions and personalities.

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961073
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 written by Mark Galeotti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed illustrated study of Putin's shadowy security and paramilitary armed forces. While the size of Russia's regular forces has shrunk recently, its security and paramilitary elements have become increasingly powerful. Under the Putin regime they have proliferated and importantly seem set to remain Russia's most active armed agencies for the immediate future. In parallel, within the murky world where government and private interests intersect, a number of paramilitary 'private armies' operate almost as vigilantes, with government toleration or approval. This book offers a succinct overview of the official, semi-official and unofficial agencies that pursue Russian government and quasi-government objectives by armed means, from the 200,000-strong Interior Troops, through Police and other independent departmental forces, down to private security firms. Featuring rare photographs, and detailed colour plates of uniforms, insignia and equipment, this study by a renowned authority explores the Putin regime's shadowy special-forces apparatus, active in an array of counter-terrorist and counter-mafia wars since 1991.

Author : Юрий Стрехнин
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commandos from the Sea written by Юрий Стрехнин and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers follow the expert swimmers, parachutists, skiers, mountain climbers, marksmen, and hand-to-hand combat specialists on one impossible mission after another, working behind German lines to gather intelligence and conduct partisan and diversionary-demolition operations. With prices on their heads, and hounded by ever growing numbers of German SS troops, the commandos lived by their wits and off the land, fighting their way out of every dangerous situation, blowing up bridges and fortifications, ambushing German patrols, snatching prisoners, and reporting enemy strengths. Commandos from the Sea reads like the best action/adventure fiction.

Author : Viktor Suvorov
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425082775
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Soviet Military Intelligence written by Viktor Suvorov and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1985 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former member of the GRU, the Soviet's top-secret military intelligence organization, describes the GRU methods of establishing spy networks, reveals case histories of its activities, and lists past and current GRU officers

Author : Viktor Suvorov
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Aquarium written by Viktor Suvorov and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1986 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the author's recruitment and training inside the Aquarium, headquarters of the GRU, the Soviet Union's top-secret military intelligence organization.