Lieven, Anatol

Chechnya: tombstone of Russian power / Anatol Lieven - New Haven: Yale University Press, c1998. - xii, 436 p.: ill.; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The War. A Personal Memoir of Grozny and the Chechen War. Russia and Chechnya, 1991-1994: The Origins of War. The Course of the Chechen War -- The Russian Defeat. The Masque of Democracy: Russia's Liberal Capitalist Revolution and the Collapse of State Power. 'Who Would Be a Soldier If You Could Work in a Bank?': Social and Cultural Roots of the Russian Defeat. Failure of the Serbian Option, 1: The Collapse of the 'Cossacks'. Failure of the Serbian Option, 2: The Weakness of the Russian Diasporas. 'A Fish Rots from the Head': Military Roots of the Russian Defeat -- The Chechen Victory. The Two Hundred Years' War: The History and Context of the Russian-Chechen Conflict. 'We are Free and Equal like Wolves': Social and Cultural Roots of the Chechen Victory. 'The Prayers of Slaves Are Not Heard in Heaven': Chechnya and Islam, a Religious Nation or a National Religion. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. III. 9. 10. 11.

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Chechnia (Russia)--History

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