{"product_id":"putin-takes-crimea-2014-grey-zone-warfare-opens-the-russia-ukraine-conflict-9781472853844","title":"Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-Zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePutin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-Zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous special forces with cyber, sabotage, and propaganda.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nRussia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was almost bloodless - fought as much through propaganda, cyberattacks and subversion as by force of arms - but it is crucial for our understanding of both modern warfare and recent Russian history. Ironically, this slick triumph eventually led to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest and costliest conventional war in Europe since 1945.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eExpert Analysis of Modern Hybrid Warfare\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nThis book provides a detailed account of the Crimea conquest from Professor Mark Galeotti, a leading authority on modern Russian forces. The illustrated study explores how Russia developed its new model of 'hybrid' or 'grey-zone' warfare, and planned and deployed it against Crimea. From the choreographed appearance of 'spontaneous' protesters through to the deployment of unbadged Russian elite forces, Galeotti dissects each phase of this carefully orchestrated operation.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eLessons from Crimea to 2022\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\nGaleotti examines the lessons that Russia, Ukraine, and the West took from the Crimea operation - both correctly and mistakenly. The book reveals how this apparently textbook operation sowed the seeds that would erupt so catastrophically in 2022, providing essential context for understanding the current Russia-Ukraine conflict.\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eProfessor Mark Galeotti\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of Russian security affairs with a career spanning academia, government service and business, a prolific author and frequent media commentator. He heads the Mayak Intelligence consultancy and is an Honorary Professor at University College London as well as holding fellowships with RUSI, the Council on Geostrategy and the Institute of International Relations Prague. He has written widely, and his most recent book is \u003ci\u003ePutin's Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (2022).","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680430723346,"sku":"9781472853844","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e85c860-5509-4818-8600-5b4c0d19b26f.jpg?v=1734906374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/putin-takes-crimea-2014-grey-zone-warfare-opens-the-russia-ukraine-conflict-9781472853844","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}