Soviet Counterinsurgency

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to determine the presence o r absence of a Soviet doctrine of counterinsurgency and to identify the historical patterns of Soviet counterinsurgency. The thesis examines the place of counterinsurgency in Soviet military thought and compares the Soviet counterinsurgent campaigns in Soviet Central Asia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, and Afghanistan. The thesis concludes that a pattern of Soviet counterinsurgency evolved in spite of the absence of an official doctrine but that the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan may inspire changes in the Soviet approach to counterinsurgency. (KR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA213072

Entities

People

  • David R Johnson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil War
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Geography
  • Insurgency
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies