I enjoyed this book. Its rather short and to the point. The Russian military was woefully unprepared for this type of warfare, especially the urban fighting.I did find that the author overly emphasized Russian losses when the Chechen losses were probably at least as high, and they had the advantage of defending. And their resistance only resulted in the devastation of their own cities and towns, hardly a resounding victory. The book does show how little we have to fear from Russian conventional forces, and gives some insight into how eager Russian might be to butt heads with a modern Army.