Strategy

Strategy by Aleksandr A. Svechin. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781879944336.

A translation of the second edition of Aleksandr Svechins seminal work, Strategy. Svechin (1878-1938) was an outstanding Russian military theoretician and widely recognized as the Soviet Clausewitz. This book, strongly influenced by the writings and analyses of the contemporary and classic European figures of Svechins day, represents his concept of the best approach to national security for the Soviet state. In addition to the translation of Svechins work, Strategy includes a foreword; introductory essays by A.A. Kokoshin, V.V. Larionov, V.N. Lobov, and Jacob W. Kipp; three book reviews of Svechins original text from the Red Armys Voina i revoliutsiia [War and Revolution]; and a bibliography of Svechins published works. First published in 1992. Fourth printing 2004.