Title: Russian civil-military relations and the origins of the second Chechen war /
Authors: Szászdi, Lajos F.
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Civil-military relations Russia History; Chechni͡a (Russia) History
Abstract: Attempts to determine the cause(s) of the second Chechen War in regard to their connection with Russian civil-military relations.
Contents: Preamble to the causes of the second Chechen war -- Neo-Eurasianism and Russian national security policy -- The antecedents of the Second Chechen War -- March 1999: the case of Major General Shpigun's Abduction -- Enter Security Council Secretary Vladimir Putin -- NATO's air war against Serbia: the Kosovo Crisis shoots up -- Russia's security concerns in May: NATO and internal challenges -- The Kosovo Crisis: the first week of June 1999 -- The Moscow talks and the Russian race to Prishtina Airport -- The Russian military occupation of Prishtina Airport -- Vested interests the Russian Defense Ministry and Kosovo -- The nature of Russian Civil-Military relations in 1999: additional assumptions -- After Kosovo: Russia, the Caucasus, an Chechnya -- The opening stages of the Second Chechen War -- Conclusion.