Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military (eBook)

Zoltan Barany (Autor)

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2009
264 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-2804-3 (ISBN)

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Zoltan Barany is the Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Centennial Professor of Government at the University of Texas. He is the author of The Future of NATO Expansion (Cambridge, 2003) and The East European Gypsies (Cambridge, 2002).

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A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Russian military politicsWhy have Russian generals acquired an important political position since the Soviet Union's collapse while at the same time the effectiveness of their forces has deteriorated? Why have there been no radical defense reforms in Russia since the end of the cold war, even though they were high on the agenda of the country's new president in 2000? Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military explains these puzzles as it paints a comprehensive portrait of Russian military politics.Zoltan Barany identifies three formative moments that gave rise to the Russian dilemma. The first was Gorbachev's decision to invite military participation in Soviet politics. The second was when Yeltsin acquiesced to a new political system that gave generals a legitimate political presence. The third was when Putin not only failed to press for needed military reforms but elevated numerous high-ranking officers to prominent positions in the federal administration. Included here are Barany's insightful analysis of crisis management following the sinking of the Kursk submarine, a systematic comparison of the Soviet/Russian armed forces in 1985 and the present, and compelling accounts of the army's political role, the elusive defense reform, and the relationship between politicians and generals.Barany offers a rare look at the world of contemporary military politics in an increasingly authoritarian state. Destined to become a classic in post-Soviet studies, this book reminds us of the importance of the separation of powers as a means to safeguard democracy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2009
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: active duty • activism • Appointee • Army • authoritarianism • Boris Gromov • Boris Nemtsov • Boris Yeltsin • bureaucrat • Central Asia • Central Committee • chairman • chechnya • Civil–military relations • combat • Commonwealth of Independent States • communism • Communist Party of the Russian Federation • Communist Party of the Soviet Union • comparative politics • Conscription • coup d'état • Criticism • Defence minister • Democracy • Democratization • Dictatorship • Dissolution of the Soviet Union • Elite • Employment • First Chechen War • foreign policy • Great Power • Institution • Insubordination • Kursk submarine disaster • Legislation • Legislature • Leonid Brezhnev • Lev Rokhlin • Marxism–Leninism • Mikhail Gorbachev • Military • military base • military budget • military doctrine • military elite • Military–industrial complex • Military organization • Military personnel • Military Reserve Force • Military Service • Military Strategy • national security • Non-governmental organization • nuclear proliferation • nuclear submarine • nuclear weapon • path dependence • Pavel Felgenhauer • Pavel Grachev • Persecution • Political Party • Political Science • Politician • Politics • Politics of Russia • Prerogative • President of Russia • Publication • Putin's Russia • radical change • Red Army • Regime • Regiment • Research and Development • RT-2PM2 Topol-M • Russian Armed Forces • russians • salary • Second Chechen War • security agency • security forces • Sergei Ivanov • shortage • Soviet Armed Forces • soviet army • Soviet Union • Supporter • Supreme Soviet • terrorism • Think Tank • Vladimir Masorin • Vladimir Putin • war • warfare • Weapon • weapon system • World War II • Yabloko
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-2804-X / 140082804X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-2804-3 / 9781400828043