Forged in War: A Military History of Russia from its Beginnings to Today by Mark Galeotti Varlam Shalamov the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for

the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal

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Moscow Monumental tells a story that is both local and broadly transnational

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Forged in War: A Military History of Russia from its Beginnings to Today by Mark Galeotti Varlam Shalamov the chief foreign-affairs correspondent forWith no naturally defensible borders, and environmental factors constraining its economy, Russia has been pitched against the pre eminent military powers of the age across the centuries, and often at a technological disadvantage. To respond to these challenges, it has had to sit heavily on the backs of its people, and so war and the need to be able to fight it has shaped its evolution, from tsars to commissars and presidents. The national identity has