Russian 'Hybrid Warfare' and the Annexation of Crimea

Western academics, politicians, and military leaders alike have labelled Russia''s actions in Crimea and its follow-on operations in Eastern Ukraine as a new form of “Hybrid Warfare.” In this book, Kent DeBenedictis argues that, despite these claims, the 2014 Crimean operation is more accurately to be seen as the Russian Federation''s modern application of historic Soviet political warfare practi...