Chechnya
Subtitle: Tombstone of Russian Power
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: June 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780300078817
Subjects: Civil war; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Current Affairs; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Chechnya; Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Political History; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Europe - Former Soviet Republics; Military & War
First sentence: The war between Russia and the Chechen separatist forces, which lasted from December 1994 to August 1996, may be seen by future historians as a key moment in Russian and perhaps world history - not so much because of its consequences, as because of the stark light which this war has thrown on one of the most important developments of our time: the end of Russia as a great military and imperial power.
Description: "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."--Jacket.