Counterinsurgency warfare and brutalisation, the Second Russian-Chechen War / Roberto Colombo, Emil Aslan Souleimanov.
| Author/creator | Colombo, Roberto, 1996- |
| Other author | Souleimanov, Emil. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cass military studies |
| Contents | Conceptualising Population-Centric Counterinsurgency Warfare -- Theory and Practice of Brutalisation in Counterinsurgency Warfare -- The Brutalisation Paradigm in Chechnya and Elsewhere. |
| Abstract | "This book offers the first analysis of the brutalisation paradigm in counter-insurgency warfare. Minimising the use of force and winning over the population's opinion is said to be the cornerstone of success in modern counterinsurgency (COIN). Yet, this tells only one side of the story. Drawing upon primary data collected during interviews with eyewitnesses of the Second Russian-Chechen War, as well as from secondary sources, this book is the first to offer a detailed analysis of the long-neglected logic underpinning brutalisation-centred COIN campaigns. It offers a comprehensive systematisation of the brutalisation paradigm and challenges the widespread assumption of brutalisation as an underperforming paradigm of COIN warfare. It shows that, although appalling, brutalisation-centred measures can deliver success. The book also outlines a stigmatised yet widely deployed set of COIN measures and provides critical insights into how Western military blueprints can be improved without compromising important moral and ethical requirements. This book will be of much interest to students of counterinsurgency, military and strategic studies, Russian politics, and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Colombo, Roberto, 1996- Counterinsurgency warfare and brutalisation, the Second Russian-Chechen War Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022 9781032035796 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021017079 |
| ISBN | 9781000456073 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003188049 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |