Blitzkrieg and the Russian Art of War

Andrew Monaghan is Director of AM Leadmark Research Ltd. He is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C., a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London and a Senior Associate Fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome. His previous books include The New Politics of Russia (2024), The Sea in Russian Strategy (2023) and Dealing with the Russians (2019).

‘Long awaited, this meticulously researched analysis of the Soviet and Russian way in war is rooted in a deep understanding of Russian mentality and strategic culture. Every officer in every NATO member state should read it!’Beatrice Heuser, author of Flawed Strategy: Why Smart Leaders Make Bad Decisions'A compelling, sophisticated guide to Russian ways of war, from Peter the Great to Putin and beyond.'Andrew Lambert, author of The British Way of War'Forget clichés about "hybrid wars" and "little green men". Russia is waging war up front in an age of blood and iron. Andrew Monaghan is an incisive guide to Moscow's view of war. He takes his deep knowledge and intellectual firepower to decades of half-truths and buzzwords. Amateurs, take cover.'Patrick Porter, author of How to Survive a Hostile World: Power, Politics and the Case for Realism‘With this extraordinary book, Andrew Monaghan once again proves that he is one of this generation’s most creative and insightful scholars of the Russian military. This is a crucial and necessary corrective to much mythmaking about the Soviet and Russian military by a scholar at the top of his game.’Michael B. Petersen, US Naval War College‘For scholars and practitioners, this book is an essential optics for understanding the past, present and future of the Russian way in war, across all domains of warfare, on all levels of command. A brilliant accomplishment at a time when it is most needed.’Dima Adamsky, author of The Russian Way of Deterrence'This is an important and timely book, both in terms of its examination of Russian thinking but also how Russia and wider issues of defence and war are seen in the West.’James Bosbotinis, The Naval Review

• Introduction: war returns to Europe1 What is “war” to the Russians, anyway?2 Winning revolutionary war3 Operation Barbarossa and the Great Victory4 Winning a war in the nuclear age5 War in the information age6 A twenty-first-century blitzkriegConclusion: Russian way(s) in warIndex