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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460059503321

Titolo

Chechnya : from past to future / / edited by Richard Sakwa [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-283-37751-9

9786613377517

1-84331-361-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Disciplina

947.5/2

Soggetti

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) History

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) History Civil War, 1994-

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Russia (Federation) Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Why Chechnya? / Richard Sakwa -- Chechnya in Russia and Russia in Chechnya / Dzhabrail Gakaev -- Chechnya and Tatarstan: differences in search of an explanation / Valentin Mikhailov -- The Chechen war in the context of contemporary Russian politics / Emil Pain -- A multitude of evils: mythology and political failure in Chechnya / Robert Bruce Ware -- Chechnya and the Russian military: a war too far? / Pavel Baev -- The Chechen wars and the struggle for human rights / Alexander Cherkasov and Dmitry Grushkin -- Dynamics of a society at war: ethnographical aspects / Valery Tishkov -- Chechnya: the breaking point / Tom de Waal -- Globalisation, 'new wars', and the war in Chechnya / Peter Shearman and Matthew Sussex -- Western views of the Chechen conflict / Mike Bowker -- A war by any other name: Chechnya, 11 September and the War Against Terrorism / John Russell -- The peace process in Chechnya / James Hughes.

Sommario/riassunto

A remarkable collection of essays, considering every angle of the Chechen conflict.