Putin Takes Crimea 2014

Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Mark Galeotti , Irene Cano Rodríguez

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03 January 2024

History; Military history: post WW2 conflicts; Special & elite forces; Military tactics

Series: Raid

An 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.

Russia’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.

This is a fascinating account of

the Crimea conquest from a supremely qualified expert on modern Russian

forces. Illustrated throughout, it 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.

In this book Mark Galeotti explores the lessons that Russia, Ukraine, and the West took from it – correctly and mistakenly – and how this apparently textbook operation sowed the seeds that would erupt so catastrophically in 2022.

By: Mark Galeotti
Illustrated by: Irene Cano Rodríguez
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 59
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781472853844
ISBN 10: 1472853849
Series: Raid
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 03 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Origins The Plan Consolidation Analysis Conclusion Further Reading Index

Professor Mark Galeotti 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 Putin's Wars (2022)