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More imagesINSIDE SPETSNAZ : SOVIET SPECIAL OPERATIONS : A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Maj. William H. Burgess III (Editor); Gen. Robert C. Kingston (Foreword)
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Had Cover. Condition: New - Collectible. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition. Black linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Anthology. Critical essays examining the origin, history & capabilies of Spetsnaz --- Russian Special Purpose Forces (or Special Purpose Military Units), emplo…yed in many post-Soviet states. Special military unitts controlled by the military intelligence service GRU (Spetsnaz GRU). Volume gives special attention its role in the Afghan war. 308 pgs w/tables, diagrams & maps w/biographical sketch of contributors in 14 chapters: 1, Assessing Spetnaz; 2, Western Misconceptions; 3, Historical Precedent; 4, The Spanish Civil War; 5, Spetsnaz Engineers in the Great Patriotic War: An Overviewr; 6. The Far North Origin of Naval Spetsnaz; 7, The Artic: Petsamo-Kirkenes, 7-10th, Oct, 1944; 8, Manchuria, 1945; 9, Spetsnaz & Soviet Far North Strategy; 10, Prague to Kabul; 11, Afghanistan; 12, Spetsnaz & the Deep Operation; 13, Organization, Capabilities & Countermeasures; and 14, Conclusions, followed by Glossary. Larry A. Fourmet (Illustrator ) (illustrator).