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100 1 _aBLANK Stephen
245 _aRussia's homegrown insurgency :
_b jihad in the North Caucasus /
_c Stephen J. Blank, editor.
260 _aCarlisle, PA :
_b Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,
_c2012
300 _avi, 157 p. ;
_c 23 cm.
505 _aThe Caucasus emirate jihadists : the security and strategic implications / Gordon M. Hahn -- The North Caucasus in Russia and Russia in the North Caucasus : state approaches and political dynamics in the turbulent region / Sergey Markedonov -- The "Afghanization" of the North Caucasus : causes and implications of a changing conflict / Svante E. Cornell.
520 _aThe three papers offered in this monograph provide from American, Russian and Swedish perspectives, a detailed analysis of the insurgency and counterinsurgency campaigns being conducted by Islamist rebels against Russia in the North Caucasus. Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has said that this insurgency is the greatest domestic threat to Russia's security, yet little is known about it in the West.
650 _aJIHAD
650 _aInsurgency
_z Russia (Federation)
_z Caucasus, Northern.
650 _aIslamic fundamentalism
_z Russia (Federation)
_z Caucasus, Northern.
650 _aCounterinsurgency
_z Russia (Federation)
_z Caucasus, Northern.
856 _u http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1116
_zLink to full text PDF format.
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