Putin's Wars

Resumen del libro

The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' - The TimesA new history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine. Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts in which Russia has been involved since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president of Russia, from the First Chechen War to the two military incursions into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the eventual invasion of Ukraine itself. But it also looks more broadly at Putin's recreation of Russian military power and its expansion to include a range of new capabilities, from mercenaries to operatives in a relentless information war against Western powers.

This is an engrossing strategic overview of a rejuvenated Russian military and the successes and failures on the battlefield. Thanks to Dr Galeotti's wide-ranging contacts throughout Russia, it is also peppered with anecdotes of military life, personal snapshots of conflicts, and an extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts from serving and retired Russian officers. Russia continues to dominate the news cycle throughout the Western world.

Biografía del autor

Mark Galeotti se formó en la Universidad de Cambridge y en la London School of Economics y es director de la consultora Mayak Intelligence. También es profesor honorario en la Escuela de Estudios Eslavos y de Europa del Este del University College London, miembro asociado Ernest Bevin en geopolítica euroatlántica con el Consejo de Geoestrategia y miembro asociado principal del Royal United Services Institute, así como miembro principal no residente en el Institute of International Relations Prague y miembro asociado del programa Frontier Europe del Middle East Institute. Anteriormente fue Jean Monnet Fellow en el European University Institute, director del Centro para la Seguridad Europea en el Institute of International Relations Prague, profesor de Asuntos Globales en la Universidad de Nueva York, director del departamento de Historia en la Universidad de Keele en el Reino Unido, asesor del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores británico y profesor invitado en MGIMO (Moscú), Universidad Charles (Praga) y Rutgers (Newark), así como miembro visitante del European Council on Foreign Relations. Entre sus libros destacan Todo es un arma (2023), Las guerras de Putin (2022), A Short History of Russia (2020/ 2021), We Need To Talk About Putin (2019) y The Vory: Russia's super mafia (2018). Es colaborador habitual de Jane's Intelligence Review y del blog The Spectator Coffee House. También es columnista de Raam op Rusland, Intellinews Business New Europe y Moscow Times.