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Chronicles the brilliant military career of Mikhail Nikolaevich Tukhachevsky in pre-revolutionary and Stalinist Russia. The book describes how Tukhachevsky led the Bolsheviks to victory over the White armies, how troops under his command defeated the Poles during the Russo-Polish War of 1920, and how he put down the Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921. -- Amazon.com.
An illustrated biography of the Soviet leader who came to power in 1985.
A biography of Ivan IV, the Terrible, the first Russian ruler to use the title Czar and who ranks as an outstanding ruler though he committed great cruelties.
In Resisting Rebellion, Anthony James Joes explores insurgencies ranging across five continents and spanning more than two centuries. Analyzing examples from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, he identifies recurrent patterns and offers useful lessons for future policymakers. Insurgencies arise from many sources of discontent, including foreign occupation, fraudulent elections, and religious persecution, but they also stem from ethnic hostilities, the aspirations of would-be elites, and traditions of political violence. Because insurgency is as much a political phenomenon as a military one, effective counterinsurgency requires a thorough understanding of the insurg...