Counterinsurgency warfare and brutalisation: the Second Russian-Chechen War

by Colombo, Roberto

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Title Statements

Full title :Counterinsurgency warfare and brutalisation : the Second Russian-Chechen War / Roberto Colombo and Emil Aslan Souleimanov.

Summary

"This book offers the first analysis of the brutalisation paradigm in counter-insurgency warfare. Minimising the use of force and winning over the population's opinion is said to be the cornerstone of success in modern counterinsurgency (COIN). Yet, this tells only one side of the story. Drawing upon primary data collected during interviews with eyewitnesses of the Second Russian-Chechen War, as well as from secondary sources, this book is the first to offer a detailed analysis of the long-neglected logic underpinning brutalisation-centred COIN campaigns. It offers a comprehensive systematisation of the brutalisation paradigm and challenges the widespread assumption of brutalisation as an underperforming paradigm of COIN warfare. It shows that, although appalling, brutalisation-centred measures can deliver success. The book also outlines a stigmatised yet widely deployed set of COIN measures and provides critical insights into how Western military blueprints can be improved without compromising important moral and ethical requirements. This book will be of much interest to students of counterinsurgency, military and strategic studies, Russian politics, and International Relations"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781003188049, 1003188044, 9781000456042, 1000456048, 9781000456073, 1000456072
oclc:on1251739759
LC Classification:U241
Dewey Decimal:355.02/18

Conceptualising Population-Centric Counterinsurgency Warfare -- Theory and Practice of Brutalisation in Counterinsurgency Warfare -- The Brutalisation Paradigm in Chechnya and Elsewhere.

Subjects

Case studies Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) -- History -- Civil W… Contre-rébellion -- Études de cas Counterinsurgency Counterinsurgency -- Case studies History HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former … HISTORY / Military / Strategy Insurgency Insurgency -- History -- 21st century. … POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom &… Révoltes -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. -- … Russia (Federation) -- Chechni︠a︡ Russia (Federation) -- Northern Caucasus Since 1994