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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 : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

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Description
pages 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 Russian "empire fatigue" -- Putin's grand design -- The Eurasian Union: Putin's newest imperial project -- Part II. The "internal war" -- Russia as a "pluralist" one-party state -- Preaching the ultranationalist 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 -- Origins of the war in Ukraine -- Russia's "hybrid war" in Ukraine: five scenarios -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 15-5374
ISBN
  • 9781442253582
  • 1442253584
LCCN
2015017466
OCLC
  • 909112097
  • 2015017466
Author
Herpen, Marcel H. van, 1945-
Title
Putin's wars : the rise of Russia's new imperialism / Marcel H. Van Herpen.
Publisher
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-5374
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