Russian Political War : Moving Beyond the Hybrid

Book 2019

This book cuts through the misunderstandings about Russia?́?s geopolitical challenge to the West, presenting this not as ?́?hybrid war?́? but ?́?political war.?́? Russia seeks to antagonise: its diplomats castigate Western ?́?Russophobia?́? and cultivate populist sentiment abroad, while its media sells Russia as a peaceable neighbour and a bastion of traditional social values. Its spies snoop, and even kill, and its hackers and trolls mount a 24/...

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ISBN:

9781138335950
9780429812101
9780429812095
9780429812088
9780429443442
1138335959

Edition:

First edition

Description:

viii, 126 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121) and index

Contents:

The creation of a threat
The roots of Russian conduct
The view from the Kremlin
The Russian way of (real) war
Political war in theory
Political war in action
Polite people: conventional military, unconventional uses
Impolite people: militias and gangsters
Invisible people: Russia's warriors of the hidden battlefield
Everyone else: the mobilisation state
Welcome to the new world of war
Fighting (defensive) political war

LCCN:

2018055159

Control Number:

3298208

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