Chechnya Tombstone of Russian Power

Name: Chechnya Tombstone of Russian Power
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ISBN: 9780300078817

ISBN-10: 0300078811

ISBN-13: 9780300078817

Edition: 1999

Authors: Anatol Lieven

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According to Anatol Lieven, the construct of the West, namely that Russia is an empire-seeking threat, is false and the badly organised Chechen guerrillas who beat the Russian Army in the mid 1990s, demonstrate this fact in a striking way.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/10/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.17" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgements


Introduction



The War



A Personal Memoir of Grozny and the Chechen War



Russia and Chechnya, 1991-1994: The Origins of War



The Course of the Chechen War



The Russian Defeat



The Masque of Democracy: Russia's Liberal Capitalist Revolution and the Collapse of State Power



'Who Would Be a Soldier If You Could Work in a Bank?': Social and Cultural Roots of the Russian Defeat



Failure of the Serbian Option, 1: The Collapse of the 'Cossacks'



Failure of the Serbian Option, 2: The Weakness of the Russian Diasporas



'A Fish Rots from the Head': Military Roots of the Russian Defeat



The Chechen Victory



The Two Hundred Years' War: The History and Context of the Russian-Chechen Conflict



'We are Free and Equal like Wolves': Social and Cultural Roots of the Chechen Victory



'The Prayers of Slaves Are Not Heard in Heaven': Chechnya and Islam, a Religious Nation or a National Religion


Conclusion


Notes


Index