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Dmitry Gorenburg and Kasey Stricklin, War On The Rocks: A Guide to Becoming an Admiral in the Russian Navy
It is widely acknowledged that general and flag officers are important actors. Senior uniformed leaders are, of course, crucial in determining the trajectory of a country’s military development and in some cases even of its foreign policy. Yet, with vanishingly few exceptions, even those Americans who closely track national and international security focus little on the generals and admirals of other nations’ militaries. In the case of Russia, the U.S. national security community has an almost comical obsession with Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, and his eponymous (but largely fictional) doctrine. But that’s where it ends.
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WNU Editor: I follow the Russian military very closely, but even I learned a few things from this post. A must read for those who are interested in all things Navy.
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