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 n…
Since the end of the Cold War, Chechnya has suffered two full-scale Russian military assaults. In this argument for Chechen self-determination, Tony Wood considers Russo-Chechen relations, as well as the fate of the region since the fall of the Soviet Union.
"This book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen war and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were …
The Chechens of the North Caucasus region endured many decades of first Russian, then Soviet domination before open war broke out in 1994. In response to Chechnya's unilateral declaration of independence and its rapid descent into disorder, Moscow sent in ground troops, but its …
The Chechens of the North Caucasus region endured many decades of first Russian, then Soviet domination before open war broke out in 1994. In response to Chechnya's unilateral declaration of independence and its rapid descent into disorder, Moscow sent in ground troops, but its …