The insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus from gazavat to jihad
The unique geopolitical characteristics of the North Caucasus has made it a site of conflict for thousands of years. It was, in many ways, the testing and training grounds for today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Understanding this volatile region is especially important now in light of P...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger Security International
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31255942*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Insurgency
- Terrorism
- Histories, narratives, and legends
- Revolutions, total wars, and final solutions
- The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- From gazavat to jihad, the role of Islamic fundamentalism in the Chechen insurgency
- The empire strikes back
- The Russian counterinsurgency campaign, 1999-2005
- The rise of the Caucasus Emirate : 2005 to the present
- Conclusions, the future.
