Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 277 S.).
ISBN:
978-1-4422-3136-8
,
1-4422-3136-X
,
978-1-4422-3137-5
,
1-4422-3137-8
,
978-1-4422-3138-2
Content:
Part I. Russia and the curse of empire -- Despotism and the quest for empire -- Comparing Western and Russian legitimation theories for empire -- Putin and the end of the Russian "empire fatigue" -- Putin's grand design -- The Eurasian Union : Putin's newest imperial project -- Part II. The "internal war" : consolidation of power -- Russia : a "pluralist" one-party state -- Preaching the ultra-nationalist gospel : the transformation of "United Russia" -- The "Nashi" : fascist blackshirts or a new Komsomol? -- Send in the Cossacks -- Part III. The wheels of war -- Three lost wars : from Afghanistan to the First Chechen War -- The mysterious apartment bombings : detonator of the Second Chechen War -- The Second Chechen War : Putin's war -- The war with Georgia, Part I: A premeditated Russian aggression -- The war with Georgia, Part II: Six events, announcing the Kremlin's preparation for war -- The war with Georgia, Part III: The propaganda war
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
1952- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovič
;
Zweiter Tschetschenienkrieg
;
Kaukasuskrieg
;
Unterdrückung
;
1952- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovič
;
Zweiter Tschetschenienkrieg
;
Kaukasuskrieg
;
Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg
Author information:
Herpen, Marcel H. van 1945-
