“The latest book of Gudrun Persson, Associate professor of Slavic Studies at the Stockholm University and renowned expert on Russian Military Strategy, Russian Military Thought. The Evolution of Strategy since the Crimean War is a meticulous study of Russian military thought and its evolution. Persson’s study thought starts with a quote from Isaiah Berlin’s essay from 1946: “The security of the Russian system is uppermost in the Russian official mind: it is not a question of frontier security but something more intangible”
Read the full book review by professor Katri Pynnöniemi and adjunct professor, docent Petteri Lalu.
Russian Military Thought. The Evolution of Strategy since the Crimean War. Gudrun Persson, Washington DC: The Georgetown University Press, 2025. Paperback, ISBN 9781647126377
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