9781853671555 - The Russian Elite: Inside Spetsnaz and the Airborne Forces von Schofield, Carey (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 288 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original black cloth binding with bright gilt lettering to the spine, from a uk university library.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 288 pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Appendices, Index, 3 black and white maps, 27 black and white illustrations. Topics covered include A World-Class Fighting Force; The Spearhead of Soviet Military Power; Intervention in Afghanistan; New Blood in Afghanistan; The Making of a Modern Elite; In Action Within a Crumbling Empire; The Coup and After; and The Russian Army Reborn. Includes many firsthand accounts from the officers and men, and includes valuable reference material, including orders of battle and biographies of key figures. Carey Schofield has done it again with The Russian Elite. This book is a classic on Russia's first line of warfighting, the airborne troops and the Russian special forces or spetsnaz. Her previous book on the Russian armed forces was also terrific. Carey Schofield OBE (born 1953) is the British principal of Langlands School and College in Pakistan, noted for its academic excellence. She had a previous career as a journalist and writer, particularly on military affairs. With the support of the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf, Schofield spent five years embedded with the Pakistan Armed Forces, interviewing all ranks for Inside the Pakistan Army (2011)[3] One of her informants was Special Forces commander Ameer Faisal Alavi, assassinated in 2008.[4] During these years, she reported for the Sunday Times. For the first time, the fabled "Blue Berets"--the Russian Airborne and Special Forces--have allowed a westerner to study them in detail. No writer has ever been given such access to the Airborne Forces, and no foreigner has ever been granted access to the "Spetsnaz" brigades before. The author describes the lives of the officers and soldiers in these units, places them in their context, and gives an overview of their development and of operations in which they took part. The Airborne Forces played a key role in the war in Afghanistan and in the tumultuous years following it, in maintaining order when Gorbachev's reforms led to instability, in the 'coup' of August 1991, and in peacekeeping operations as the Soviet Union began to collapse. The book includes valuable reference material, including orders of battle and biographies of key figures, as well as many firsthand accounts from the officers and men.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First edition (first printing). Signed copy. Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp 288; Index; Signed, dated and dedicated by the author, on the first blank page - without provenance. Includes: Order of battle; Black & White photos on individual leaves; Maps (1); Glossary; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #207131 ||.