The Russian-Chechen Conflict 1800-2000: A Deadly Embrace

by Seely; Robert

• ISBN13: 9780714680606
• ISBN10: 0714680605
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-03-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In 1994, the mountain territory of Chechnya was the target of the largest military campaign staged on Russian soil since World War II. In 1996, the Kremlin eventually ordered its 40,000 strong troops to withdraw from what had been a savage conflict with the Chechen guerillas. This book charts the bitter history between Russia and the Chechens and explains why the war took place. Points are raised about the nature of Soviet politics and army and the successes and failures of the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet political values.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vi
Series Editor's Preface	vii
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(18)
First Encounters	19	(52)
The Twentieth Century	71	(25)
Battles in the Centre: Coups in Chechnya	96	(18)
Dudayev's Regime: The Handover of Soviet Military Hardware	114	(28)
From the October Putsch to the Chechen War	142	(33)
Guns, Oil, Drugs, Power: Other Theories about the War	175	(44)
The Military Operation	219	(22)
New Year's Eve Attack on Grozny	241	(25)
The War in the Mountains	266	(25)
Epilogue	291	(13)
Afterword: The Second Russo-Chechen War	304	(18)
Bibliography	322	(5)
Index	327