{"product_id":"the-insurgency-in-chechnya-and-robert-schaefer-9780313386343","title":"The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, a military expert on both Russia and insurgency offers the definitive guide on activities in Southern Russia, explaining why the Russian approach to counter terrorism is failing and why terrorist and insurgent attacks in Russia have sharply increased over the past three years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e is an comprehensive treatment of this 300 year-old conflict. Thematically organized, it cuts through the rhetoric to provide a contextual framework with which readers can truly understand the \"why\" and \"how\" of one of the world's longest-running contemporary insurgencies, despite Russia's best efforts to eradicate it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating case study of a counterinsurgency campaign that is in direct contravention of U.S. and Western strategy, the book also examines the differences and linkages between insurgency and terrorism; the origins of conflict in the North Caucasus; and the influences of different strains of Islam, of al-Qaida, and of the War on Terror. A critical examination of never-before-revealed Russian counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns explains why those campaigns have consistently failed and why the region has seen such an upswing in violence since the conflict was officially declared \"over\" less than two years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert W. Schaefer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031338634X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313386343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2011 pg. 1069\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 5553\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 31","brand":"Robert W. Schaefer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057846284543,"sku":"9780313386343","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50c28531-9477-4892-9164-2fa3c27d3065.jpg?v=1685049205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-insurgency-in-chechnya-and-robert-schaefer-9780313386343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}