Chechnya : Tombstone of Russian Power

, by Anatol Lieven; With a new Introduction by the author; Photographs by Heidi Bradn

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ISBN: 9780300078817 | 0300078811
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 6/10/1999

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The humiliation of Russia by separatist rebels in the Chechen War marked a key moment in Russian - and perhaps world - history. In this new analysis Anatol Lieven offers a riveting account of the war as a means to explore the painful fate of the post-Soviet state.

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Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The War	p. 13
A Personal Memoir of Grozny and the Chechen War	p. 17
Russia and Chechnya, 1991-1994: The Origins of War	p. 56
The Course of the Chechen War	p. 102
The Russian Defeat	p. 147
The Masque of Democracy: Russia's Liberal Capitalist Revolution and the Collapse of State Power	p. 150
'Who Would Be a Soldier If You Could Work in a Bank?': Social and Cultural Roots of the Russian Defeat	p. 186
Failure of the Serbian Option, 1: The Collapse of the 'Cossacks'	p. 219
Failure of the Serbian Option, 2: The Weakness of the Russian Diasporas	p. 243
'A Fish Rots from the Head': Military Roots of the Russian Defeat	p. 269
The Chechen Victory	p. 301
The Two Hundred Years' War: The History and Context of the Russian-Chechen Conflict	p. 303
'We are Free and Equal like Wolves': Social and Cultural Roots of the Chechen Victory	p. 324
'The Prayers of Slaves Are Not Heard in Heaven': Chechnya and Islam, a Religious Nation or a National Religion	p. 355
Conclusion	p. 369
Notes	p. 385
Index	p. 427
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