This work attempts to clarify the major problems facing Russia's armed forces in the present and immediate future.

Stephen J. Cimbala Penn State Delaware County Campus

Part I The Geopolitical Setting for Russian Military Security; Chapter 1 'We Have Plenty To Defend Ourselves With...': Russian Rhetoric, Russian Realism?, John Erickson; Chapter 2 If War Will Come Tomorrow, Peter Rainow; Part II National Security Concepts and Military Performance; Chapter 3 The New Turn in Russian Defense Policy: Russia's Defense Doctrine and National Security Concept, Stephen J. Blank; Chapter 4 The Russian Army and Chechnya: Victory instead of Reform?, Pavel K. Baev; Part III The Information Revolution and the Military: Challenges and Risks; Chapter 5 Russia's Asymmetrical Approach to Information War, Timothy L. Thomas; Chapter 6 Assessing the Russian Nuclear C3 System, Stephen J. Cimbala; Part IV The Societal Dimension of Security and Defense; Chapter 7 Public Attitudes toward the Armed Forces in Russia: Do They Count?, Stephen L. Webber; Chapter 8 The Soldiers' Mothers of St Petersburg: A Human Rights Movement in Russia, Yelizaveta Bogoslovskaya, Ella Polyakova, Yelena Vilenskaya;