Forged in War - A military history of Russia from its beginnings to today

About the author

Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security affairs with a career spanning academia, government service and business, a prolific author and frequent media commentator. He heads the Mayak Intelligence consultancy and is an Honorary Professor at University College London’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies as well as holding fellowships with RUSI, the Council on Geostrategy and the Institute of International Relations Prague. He has been Head of History at Keele University, Professor of Global Affairs at New York University, a Senior Research Fellow at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a Visiting Professor at Rutgers-Newark, Charles University (Prague) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He is the author of over 25 books including Putin's Wars (Osprey Publishing, 2022) and Forged in War (Osprey Publishing, 2024).

Product details

• Authors: Galeotti Mark
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 07.05.2026
• EAN: 9781472862501
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-6250-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Illustrations: A 16-page section of colour images
• Subjects: Russia, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, military history, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Empires & historical states, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Russian tsarist empire, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial