Mark Galeotti
Auteur de The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia
A propos de l'auteur
Mark Galeotti, honorary professor at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, is one of the foremost Russia watchers today. Based in London, he also runs his consultancy and is affiliated with think tanks in the USA, UK and Europe. A prolific author on Russia and security affairs, he has afficher plus been a professor at New York University and the Moscow State institute of International Relations and an adviser to the British Foreign Office. afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Mark Galeotti
Brève histoire de la Russie. Comment le plus grand pays du monde s'est inventé (2020) — Auteur — 128 exemplaires
The Panjshir Valley 1980–86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan (Campaign) (2021) 19 exemplaires
Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Raid, 59) (2023) 13 exemplaires
Combat Vehicles of Russia's Special Forces: Spetsnaz, airborne, Arctic and interior troops (New Vanguard) (2020) 11 exemplaires
Teutonic Knight vs Lithuanian Warrior: The Lithuanian Crusade 1283–1435 (Combat, 69) (2023) 9 exemplaires
Gran Meccanismo: Clockpunk Roleplaying in Da Vinci's Florence (Osprey Roleplaying) (2022) 8 exemplaires
Die kürzeste Geschichte Russlands: Eine der widersprüchlichsten Nationen brillant erklärt und analysiert (2022) 6 exemplaires
La paradoja de la bondad: La extraña relación entre la virtud y la violencia en la evolción humana (2022) 5 exemplaires
Magnus Liber Rerum The First Volume 3 exemplaires
Furthest - Crown Jewel of Lunar Tarsh — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Great Glamour Sit-Down 1 exemplaire
The Birth of the Goddess 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Galeotti, Mark
- Date de naissance
- 1965-10-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Lieux de résidence
- Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
New York, Etats-Unis
Moscou, Russie
Prague, République Tchèque
Florence, Italie - Études
- London School of Economics (PhD | government, 19 88 | 19 91)
Université de Cambridge, Robinson college (BA, 19 84 , BA | Histoire, 19 87 ) - Relations
- Lieven, Dominic (Directeur de thèse)
- Organisations
- Université de Londres (Professeur, 20 19 | )
Centre for European Security, Institute of International Relations Prague (Senior Researcher, 20 16 | 20 18)
New York University (Professor of Global Affairs, 20 09 | 20 16)
European University Institute, Florence, Italie (Jean Monnet Professorial Fellow, 20 18 | 20 19)
Université de Keele (Lecturer puis Professeur, Histoire, 19 91 | 20 08)
Charles University, Prague (Visiting professorships) (tout afficher 8)
Rutgers-Newark (Visiting professorships)
MGIMO, Moscow (Visiting professorships)
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Glorantha (6)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 55
- Membres
- 959
- Popularité
- #26,865
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 25
- ISBN
- 129
- Langues
- 9
It covers some main points on Soviet Air Force involvement, aircraft and helicopter types utilized, attack tactics used (from all aspects, fighter-bombers, assault, gunship helicopters, intelligence and logistics) and challenges faced (mostly form Pakistani Air Force but also from Iran side (which was revealing to me at least). Very interesting are comments on the effectiveness of MANPADs used by Aghani tribes and how propaganda is something that is always present in every conflict.
While actual use of combat flying machines was done by Soviets, Mujahideen troops also developed their own tactics (helped also by myriad of western backed military consultants and fighters) to deal with the assault craft, at least those flying at the very low level. Not so much is said here - air defense of dispersed clan forces is not something that would occupy many pages unlike ground war , because it comes to use of high speed automatic guns and shoulder launched missiles so beside listing of weapons used only option is to list every possible air ambush executed (which would be a phone book size set of data) - but what is covered describes the challenges and approaches used in a clear and understandable way.
As one of the reviewers said, lots of things are put into this book and due to the available book length (below hundred pages) not that many details are made available that could be of interest to aficionados of air warfare. But again Osprey was never in the field of providing full information (like Harpia or Helion publishers for example) but more of a short digest view of the battlefield with as much details as 60-100 pages allow for, weapons used and people involved.
With that in mind book is very good, 4 stars. Would it be great to have more details, of course but it is as it is.
Two things stand out here to me:
- Author's comment that Afghanistan war was never analyzed by Soviet/Russian army - this was a little bit awkward because books involving Lester Grau as an editor were actually compilations of writings from Soviet army on the war, lessons learned and applied. Author's statement is more weird considering these books are referenced in the bibliography section.
- It is obvious that author can write a very good military analysis, only problem is that he can do it with things from the past (as in lets-honor-our-enemies-now-they-are-dead approach). As soon as author enters the arena of contemporary Russian military, all objectivity goes out of the window, and pretty rude and insulting comments start to appear. Hopefully this will change at some point, especially since author is one of the very few English speaking sources on the subject, which just makes author's approach more strange and disappointing.
If you are looking for a detailed albeit brief overview of air war during Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, this book is highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)