Böcker av Tor Bukkvoll

"In Spetsnaz, Tor Bukkvoll presents the first in-depth history of the Soviet, and, later, Russian special operations forces from their establishment in the early 1950s until today. He focuses on three broad topics: (1) Soviet and later Russian thinking on the use of special operations forces; (2) the actual process of constructing these forces and how this was facilitated or hampered by other agencies of the Soviet and Russian states; and (3) the use of these forces in combat"--

A politically stable Ukraine at peace with its neighbours is crucial for European security. This study analyzes some of the commonly voiced concerns in Europe over Ukraine's independence such as the evolution of democracy and the potential of ethnic Russian-based anti-independence mobilization.