The Soldier in Russian Politics

The Soldier in Russian Politics is the first study to go beyond familiar accounts of the main events that brought down the Soviet state and began its reconstruction. It captures the interplay between soldier and civilian politicians in a major political history based on solid political-sociological analysis. Barylski uses the study of civil-military relations to explore new political and intellectual conditions and explain the historic relationship between changes in Western models of Russian reality and political change in the former Soviet Union. The Soldier in Russian Politics presents political history in an incisive and objective manner.

Preface

ix

Introduction

1

(8)

Part I: The Military and the End of the Soviet State

9

(164)

1. Thinking About Civil-Military Relations in Russia

9

(26)

2. Gorbachev's Reforms: Political Change and Civilian Control

35

(26)

3. The Military, Domestic Political Violence, and the Gorbachev-Yeltsin Rivalry

61

(36)

4. The Double Coup of August 1991

97

(30)

5. The Dual Presidency

127

(22)

6. From Union to Commonwealth

149

(24)

Part II: The Military and the New Russian State

173

(126)

7. Military Officers as a Political Force

173

(26)

8. Dividing the Army Monolith Responsibly

199

(28)

9. Presidential or Parliamentary Armed Forces?

227

(18)

10. The Armed Forces and Yeltsin's Presidential Putsch

245

(26)

11. The Military's Politics after the Crisis of September-October 1993

271

(28)

Part III: Testing the Russian State's Viability

299

(192)

12. The Chechen War and Civil-Military Relations

299

(36)

13. The Military's 1995 Political Offensive

335

(30)

14. The 1996 Presidential Campaign

365

(30)

15. President Yeltsin and General Lebed

395

(20)

16. Military Politics in Yeltsin's Presidential State

415

(24)

17. The Theory and Practice of Democratic Constitutional Control

439

(22)

18. Serving Under the Imperial Eagle

461

(14)

19. Postscript: Civil-Military Relations in an Ukaz-Governed State

475

(16)

Bibliography

491

(8)

Index

499

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The Soldier in Russian Politics

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