The Chechen Struggle [electronic resource] : Independence Won and Lost /
Akhmadov, I.author.
Lanskoy, M.author.
Told from the perspective of its former Foreign minister, this is a uniquely candid account of Chechnya's struggle for independence and its two wars against Russia which will revise our understanding of the conflict and explain how it continues. Features new insights, intimate portraits of key personalities and a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The war starts -- I join Maskhadov's General Staff -- Raid on Budennovsk : Basayev forces peace -- Maskhadov is elected president -- Maskhadov's impossible quandary -- The hostage trade -- Crisis within Chechen society -- Incursions into Dagestan -- The Chechen resistance splinters -- My tenure as foreign minister -- The killing of Maskhadov -- The North Caucasus Emirate and beyond.
Told from the perspective of its former Foreign minister, this is a uniquely candid account of Chechnya's struggle for independence and its two wars against Russia which will revise our understanding of the conflict and explain how it continues. Features new insights, intimate portraits of key personalities and a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Akhmadov, Ilyas, 1960-
Maskhadov, Aslan Alievich, 1951-2005.
Russia—History.
Europe, Eastern—History.
Russia—Politics and government.
Political science.
Peace.
History, Modern.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
Political Science.
Conflict Studies.
Modern History.