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The Chechen wars : will Russia go the way of the Soviet Union? / Matthew Evangelista.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evangelista, Matthew, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban warfare--Russia (Federation)--Chechnia.
- Urban warfare.
- Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--History--Civil War, 1994---Causes.
- Chechni︠a︡ (Russia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Russian presidents Yeltsin and Putin justified their invasions of Chechnya as necessary to prevent a breakup of the Russian Federation. Evangelista challenges these justifications by exploring the sources of both wars and the implications for Russia's internal coherence and international standing.
- Contents:
- Yeltsin's War
- No war, no peace
- Putin's war
- Regions at risk?
- Dictatorship of law
- War crimes and Russia's international standing
- Russia and the West after September 11.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-81274-5
- 9786610812745
- 0-8157-2497-7
- OCLC:
- 53798320
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