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Putin's wars : the rise of Russia's new imperialism

Title
Putin's wars : the rise of Russia's new imperialism / Marcel H. Van Herpen.
Author
Herpen, Marcel H. van, 1945-
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

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Description
xvii, 277 pages; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 14-3938
ISBN
  • 9781442231368 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 144223136X (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9781442231375 (paperback : alkaline paper)
  • 1442231378 (paperback : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2013048469
OCLC
866563801
Author
Herpen, Marcel H. van, 1945- author.
Title
Putin's wars : the rise of Russia's new imperialism / Marcel H. Van Herpen.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-3938
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