1st Edition
Counterinsurgency Warfare and Brutalisation The Second Russian-Chechen War
120 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
120 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
120 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Conceptualising Population-Centric Counterinsurgency Warfare
3. Theory and Practice of Brutalisation in Counterinsurgency Warfare
4. The Brutalisation Paradigm in Chechnya and Elsewhere
5. Conclusion
Biography
Roberto Colombo is an independent researcher and security analyst specialising in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism.
Emil Aslan Souleimanov is a Professor at the Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic.
