ABSTRACT
First published in 2006. This book analyses the security policy pf the Russian Federation, internally as well as externally, at all levels of strategy. It describes military-political decision-making from Moscow's grand strategy to the use of single fighter aircraft in Chechnya. In this analysis, Russia's air forces are used as a model for all services of the armed forces.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |9 pages
Introduction
chapter |63 pages
Implementation of Security Policy
Generating Major Security Documents – National Security Concept, Foreign Policy Concept and Military Doctrine
chapter |45 pages
Implementation of Air Power – War Around Chechnya
The conflicts in Chechnya (1994–96), Dagestan (Autumn 1999), Chechnya (1999–) and an assessment of the use of air power