Wars of Latin America, 1899-1941

René De La Pedraja, PhD, University of Chicago, has researched and written numerous publications. He is a professor of history at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePart I: The Downward Spiral1. The Soviet Union: Mounting Tensionsdelete delete Strategic Encirclement: NATO, China and Japandelete delete The Armed Forces in the Post-Stalin Soviet Uniondelete delete The Soviet Army and Nationalitiesdelete delete The KGB and the Survival of the Soviet Union2. The War in Afghanistan, 1979–1989delete delete The Origins of the Soviet Invastion of Afghanistandelete delete The Main Stages in the War, 1979–1989delete delete The Soviet–Afghan War in World History3. The ­Self-Destruction of the Soviet Uniondelete delete Mikhail Gorbachev and the Economic Collapsedelete delete A Foreign Policy for Military Reductionsdelete delete The Revolt of the Nationalitiesdelete delete The August 1991 Coup Attemptdelete delete The Decisive Days of 19–21 August 1991delete delete From the Coup Attempt to Russia4. The Birth of the Russian Federationdelete delete From Soviet to Russian Armed Forcesdelete delete A New Structure for the Russian Armed Forcesdelete delete Parliament Versus the Presidentdelete delete The Russian Army in Shambles5. Trouble in the “Near Abroad”delete delete War in Transnistriadelete delete Ukraine and the Soviet Militarydelete delete Georgia: War and Turmoil6. The First Chechnya Wardelete delete Chechens in the Soviet Uniondelete delete Chechnya and the Russian Federationdelete delete The Invasion of Chechnyadelete delete The Insurgency7. Russia in Declinedelete delete The Presidential Campaign and the First Chechnya Wardelete delete The Reorganization of the Militarydelete delete The Fading Yeltsin PresidencyPart II: Halting the Decline8. Saving Russia: The Second Chechnya Wardelete delete From Failed State to Wardelete delete The Russian Invasion and the Battle of Groznydelete delete The Insurgencydelete delete The Russian Counterinsurgencydelete delete The Turning Point: The Rebel Offensive of 2004delete delete The End of the Insurgency9. The Revival of Russian Institutionsdelete delete A String of Successes on the Civilian Frontdelete delete Progress and Setbacks on the Military Front10. The Turning Point: The Five Day War with Georgiadelete delete Growing Disputesdelete delete The Path to Wardelete delete “A Splendid Little War”delete delete The AftermathPart III: Reconstruction11. The New Lookdelete delete Structural Changes for the Militarydelete delete Crisis in Recruitmentdelete delete The Revolt of the Officers12. Asiadelete delete The Alliance with Chinadelete delete Central Asia: The Great Game of Empiredelete delete The Far East: Vostok–201013. Russia, Ukraine and Crimeadelete delete Ukraine: The Making of a Failed Statedelete delete Confrontation in Crimeadelete delete The End of Ukrainian Crimea14. Turmoil and War in Ukrainedelete delete The Defense of Crimeadelete delete The Revolt of Eastern Ukrainedelete delete The Ukrainian Military Offensivedelete delete Victorydelete delete Stalemate15. The Russian Expedition to Syriadelete delete Russia and Syria 2000–2010delete delete The Syrian Civil Wardelete delete The Russian Intervention16. The Russian Military for the ­Twenty-First Centurydelete delete Weapons and the Defense Industrydelete delete Personnel: Quality and QuantityChapter NotesAnnotated BibliographyIndex

“recommended”—Choice; “scholarly survey...scrupulous and highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review; “well-written, well-researched, judicious work”—The Journal of Military History; “De La Pedraja has made a very useful contribution to the literature on the history of Latin America in the twentieth century, and particularly of U.S. relations with the region. His book is not only of value to those interested in Latin American history and U.S. foreign policy toward the region, but also will be of some value for students of guerrilla warfare and insurgency”—Strategy Page; “impressive...exhaustive”—Hispanic American Historical Review; “very useful work for anyone interested in the history of Latin America, and particularly of U.S. relations with the region”—The NYMAS Review.