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Hybrid War, Grey Zone Warfare, Unrestricted today, traditional conflict—fought with guns, bombs, and drones—has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends billions buying influence abroad, the world is heading for a new era of permanent low-level conflict, often unnoticed, undeclared, and unending. As conflict once again returns to Europe, transnational crime expert Mark Galeotti provides a comprehensive and groundbreaking survey of the new way of war. Ranging across the globe, Galeotti shows how today’s conflicts are fought with everything from disinformation and espionage to crime and subversion, leading to instability within countries and a legitimacy crisis across the globe. But rather than suggest that we hope for a return to a bygone era of “stable” warfare, Galeotti details ways of surviving, adapting, and taking advantage of the opportunities presented by this new reality.

A new history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine. Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts in which Russia has been involved since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president of Russia, from the First Chechen War to the two military incursions into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the eventual invasion of Ukraine itself. But it also looks more broadly at Putin's recreation of Russian military power and its expansion to include a range of new capabilities, from mercenaries to operatives in a relentless information war against Western powers. This is an engrossing strategic overview of the Russian military and the successes and failures on the battlefield. Thanks to Dr Galeotti's wide-ranging contacts throughout Russia, it is also peppered with anecdotes of military life, personal snapshots of conflicts, and an extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts from serving and retired Russian officers. Russia continues to dominate the news cycle throughout the Western world. There is no better time to understand how and why Putin has involved his armed forces in a variety of conflicts for over two decades. There is no author better placed to demystify the capabilities of the Russian military and give a glimpse into what the future may hold. Putin's Wars is an engaging and important history of a reawakened Russian bear and how it currently operates both at home and abroad to ensure Russia is front and centre on the world stage.

Je niekto schopný skutočne porozumieť Rusku? Dajme možnosť jednému z popredných svetových odborníkov, aby nám na základe úchvatnej histórie národa ukázal, ako vrhnúť jasnejšie svetlo na budúcnosť tejto krajiny. Rusko nemá prirodzené hranice, nie je osídlené jedným kmeňom alebo spoločenstvom, ani nemá skutočnú jednotnú identitu. Jeho pozícia na križovatke Európy a Ázie znamená aj to, že ho odjakživa vnímajú ako cudzí element – pre Európanov je ázijskou krajinou a pre Ázijčanov zasa európskou. Aj napriek tomu patrí medzi najmocnejšie krajiny sveta a na globálnom javisku je významným hráčom s bohatou históriou vojny a mieru, básnikov aj revolucionárov. Mark Galeotti nás v tejto doslova expresnej výprave zavedie rovno do srdca ruského príbehu tohto najväčšmi nepochopeného národa na svete. Predstaví nám proces jeho formovania aj najstaršie mýty – vrátane vlády Ivana Hrozného a Kataríny Veľkej –, vzostup a pád Romanovovcov, prevedie nás obdobím októbrovej revolúcie, studenej vojny, katastrofy v Černobyli až po pád Sovietskeho zväzu a príchod neznámeho politika menom Vladimír Putin

Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethos, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it is everyone's 'other'. And yet it is one of the most powerful nations on earth, a master game-player on the global stage with a rich history of war and peace, poets and revolutionaries. In this essential whistle-stop tour of the world's most complex nation, Mark Galeotti takes us behind the myths to the heart of the Russian story: from the formation of a nation to its early legends - including Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great - to the rise and fall of the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, Chernobyl and the end of the Soviet Union - plus the rise of a politician named Vladimir Putin, and the events leading to the Ukrainian war.

Je niekto schopný skutočne porozumieť Rusku? Dajme možnosť jednému z popredných svetových odborníkov, aby nám na základe úchvatnej histórie národa ukázal, ako vrhnúť jasnejšie svetlo na budúcnosť tejto krajiny. Rusko nemá prirodzené hranice, nie je osídlené jedným kmeňom alebo spoločenstvom, ani nemá skutočnú jednotnú identitu. Jeho pozícia na križovatke Európy a Ázie znamená aj to, že ho odjakživa vnímajú ako cudzí element – pre Európanov je ázijskou krajinou a pre Ázijčanov zasa európskou. Aj napriek tomu patrí medzi najmocnejšie krajiny sveta a na globálnom javisku je významným hráčom s bohatou históriou vojny a mieru, básnikov aj revolucionárov. Mark Galeotti nás v tejto doslova expresnej výprave zavedie rovno do srdca ruského príbehu tohto najväčšmi nepochopeného národa na svete. Predstaví nám proces jeho formovania aj najstaršie mýty – vrátane vlády Ivana Hrozného a Kataríny Veľkej –, vzostup a pád Romanovovcov, prevedie nás obdobím októbrovej revolúcie, studenej vojny, katastrofy v Černobyli až po pád Sovietskeho zväzu a príchod neznámeho politika menom Vladimír Putin.

O Vladimiru Putinovi už vyšly desítky knih. A většina z nich stále opakuje stejné omyly, klišé a mýty, tvrdí britský profesor Mark Galeotti, přední odborník na současné Rusko. V jedenácti kapitolách rozebírá sarkasticky a poutavě jeden zažitý omyl po druhém: Proč Putin není geniální stratég. Proč se nehlásí k žádné konkrétní ideologii. Proč není tak populární, jak by se mohlo zdát. Jak dokáže být loajální ke svým lidem. A co bude dělat, až mu skončí volební období? Na základě dlouholetých výzkumů i osobní zkušenosti a mnoha rozhovorů s ruskými politiky, členem Putinovy osobní stráže nebo federálními daňovými úředníky přináší překvapivý a v mnoha ohledech realističtější pohled na jednoho z nejmocnějších mužů současné globální politiky.

The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western readers can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, a group that has survived and thrived amid the changes brought on by Stalinism, the Cold War, the Afghan War, and the end of the Soviet experiment. The vory-as the Russian mafia is also known-was born early in the twentieth century, largely in the Gulags and criminal camps, where they developed their unique culture. Identified by their signature tattoos, members abided by the thieves' code, a strict system that forbade all paid employment and cooperation with law enforcement and the state. Based on two decades of on-the-ground research, Galeotti's captivating study details the vory's journey to power from their early days to their adaptation to modern-day Russia's free-wheeling oligarchy and global opportunities beyond.

A The Times best book of 2019 'In fewer than 150 pithy pages, Galeotti sketches a bleak, but convincing picture of the man in the Kremlin and the political system that he dominates' - The Times Meet the world's most dangerous man. Or is he? Who is the real Vladimir Putin? What does he want? And what will he do next? Despite the millions of words written on Putin's Russia, the West still fails to truly understand one of the world's most powerful politicians, whose influence spans the globe and whose networks of power reach into the very heart of our daily lives. In this essential primer, Professor Mark Galeotti uncovers the man behind the myth, addressing the key misperceptions of Putin and explaining how we can decipher his motivations and next moves. From Putin's early life in the KGB and his real relationship with the USA to his vision for the future of Russia - and the world - Galeotti draws on new Russian sources and explosive unpublished accounts to give unparalleled insight into the man at the heart of global politics.