The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad

The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad

written by Robert W. Schaefer, fl. 2011 (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers, 2011, originally published 2011), 320 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad is a comprehensive treatment of this 300 year-old conflict. Thematically organized, refreshingly accessible and well-written, it cuts through the rhetoric to provide the critical lens through which readers can truly understand the “why” and “how” of insurgencies and terrorism – and lay bare the intricacies of the Chechen and North Caucasus conflict – one of the world’s longest-running contemporary insurgencies. A fascinating case study of a counterinsurgency campaign that is in direct contravention of US and Western doctrine, this book is also the perfect companion to those studying insurgencies because it shows an enemy-centric approach to counterinsurgency in action. As such, it’s been chosen as a textbook in numerous terrorism and insurgency programs throughout the world, and named to the “Top 150 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism” by the Terrorism Research Initiative. The book examines the differences and linkages between insurgency and terrorism; the origins of conflict in the North Caucasus; and the influences of different strains of Islam, of al-Qaida, and of the War on Terror. A critical examination of never- before-revealed Russian counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns explains why those campaigns have consistently failed and why the region has seen such an upswing in violence since the conflict was officially declared “over” in 2006.
Field of Interest
World History
Author
Robert W. Schaefer, fl. 2011
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Robert W. Schaefer
Content Type
Book
Duration
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Warning: Contains explicit content
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Format
Text
Original Publication Date
2011
Page Count
320
Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Place Published / Released
Santa Barbara, CA
Subject
World History, Global Issues, History, Social Sciences, War and Violence, Individual and Groups Rights, Chechen–Russian Conflict (1994-2005), Politics, State-sponsored violence, Terrorism, War, Insurgency, History, Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Rusia, Chechen-Ingush, Chechenia, Checheno-Ingushetia, Checheno-Ingushskaya, Chechen Republic, Russia, Chechnya Respublika, Russians, Chechen, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Rusia, Chechen-Ingush, Chechenia, Checheno-Ingushetia, Checheno-Ingushskaya, Chechen Republic

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