Russia's War on Everybody - And What it Means for You
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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 264 |
| Format | 15,8 x 2,0 x 23,5 cm |
| Gewicht | 418 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781350452602 |
| Bestell-Nr | 35045260UA |
You may not be interested in Russia. But Russia is interested in you.
Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. Hostile acts abroad, from poisoning dissidents to shooting down airliners, interfering in elections, spying, hacking and murdering, have long seemed to be the Kremlin's daily business. But what is it all for? Why does Russia consistently behave like this? And what does it achieve?
Now containing a new preface to the paperback edition, Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach, far beyond Ukraine - and what it means not just for governments, but for ordinary people. Bringing together stories from the military, politics, diplomacy, espionage, cyber power, organised crime and more, Giles describes how Moscow conducts its campaigns across the globe, an d how nobody is too unimportant to be caught up in them. By lifting the lid on the daily struggle going on behind the scenes to protect governments, businesses, societies and people from Russian hostile activity, Russia's War On Everybody shows how Moscow's hostile intentions for the rest of the world are far broader and more ambitious, and the ways it tries to achieve them far more pervasive and damaging, than we realise.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface to the New Paperback
Preface
1. What Makes Russia Different
2. Politics: Warfare By Other Means
3. Neither War Nor Peace
4. What the Russian Army is For
5. Nobody Is Too Unimportant
6. The Willing Accomplices
7. Business, Statecraft And Crime
8. What Comes Next
Appendix
Selected Reading
Index
Rezension:
Superb . . . coherent and eminently readable. . . . Giles brings home the causes and consequences of Moscow's actions to the average reader. . . . Russia's War on Everybody is an invaluable piece of a growing mosaic of renewed expertise on, and interest in, Russia. . . . It is a needed accompaniment to the more academic reflections on the Kremlin's behavior. . . . Giles is a welcome guide for readers along this path. Diplomatic Courier
