Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.

In Russia and Armed Persuasion, Stephen J. Cimbala argues that Russia's war planners and political leaders must make painful adjustments in their thinking about the relationship between military art and policy.

Part 1 Part I: Russian and Soviet Pasts Chapter 2 Russian Crisis Management and the First World War Chapter 3 Nuclear Weapons and Soviet Military Strategy in the Cold War Chapter 4 The 1983 War Scare: Cold War Misperception and Nuclear Risk Part 5 Part II: Russian Present and Future Chapter 6 Russia, Nuclear Weapons, and Armed Persuasion Chapter 7 Information War and Nuclear Coercion in Russia Chapter 8 Russia, Small Wars, and Armed Persuasion Chapter 9 Conclusion