Chechnya From Nationalism to Jihad James Hughes "James Hughes has
produced the most comprehensive, thoroughly documented, and
up-to-date study of the Chechen conflict available. This
sophisticated and subtle analysis places Chechnya in the context of
broader debates about nationalism and ethnic politics, theories of
empire and secession, and the propensity of new democracies to go
to war."--Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University "Hughes offers a
new way of thinking about ethnopolitical conflict by examining
conflict dynamics as part of the causation chain in a
conflict."--"History: Reviews of New Books" "Does the book have
value for the military historian? Absolutely."--"Journal of
Military History " "an excellent starting point for anyone looking
for insight into how the radical Sunni Salafi movement both evolved
and commandeered the struggle in Chechnya, which could also serve
as an example as to how Al-Qaeda could hijack other nationalist
struggles in the future."--"International Affairs" "An exemplary
case study. . . . Throughout, insights into the consequences of the
collapse of the Soviet Union, the reconstitution of a federated
Russia, and the leadership of Vladimir Putin abound. . . . Highly
recommended."--"Choice" The sheer scale and brutality of the
hostilities between Russia and Chechnya stand out as an exception
in the mostly peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union. "Chechnya: From
Nationalism to Jihad" provides a fascinating analysis of the
transformation of secular nationalist resistance in a nominally
Islamic society into a struggle that is its antithesis, jihad.
Hughes locates Chechen nationalism within the wider movement for
national self-determination that followed the collapse of the
Soviet empire. When negotiations failed in the early 1990s,
political violence was instrumentalized to consolidate opposing
nationalist visions of state-building in Russia and Chechnya. The
resistance in Chechnya also occurred in a regional context where
Russian hegemony over the Caucasus, especially the resources of the
Caspian basin, was in retreat, and in an international context of
rising Islamic radicalism. Alongside Bosnia, Kashmir, and other
conflicts, Chechnya became embedded in Osama Bin Laden's repertoire
of jihadist rhetoric against the "West." It was not simply Russia's
destruction of a nationalist option for Chechnya, or "Wahabbist"
infiltration from without, that created the political space for
Islamism. Rather, we must look also at how the conflict was fought.
The lack of proportionality and discrimination in the use of
violence, particularly by Russia, accelerated and intensified the
Islamic radicalization and thereby transformed the nature of the
conflict. James Hughes is Professor of Comparative Politics at the
London School of Economics and Political Science. National and
Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century 2007 296 pages 6 x 9 5 illus.
ISBN 978-0-8122-2030-8 Paper $26.50s 17.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0231-1
Ebook $26.5s 17.50 World Rights Political Science Short copy: The
conflict in Chechnya involves many of the most contentious issues
in contemporary international politics. By providing us with a
persuasive and challenging study, Hughes sets out the indispensable
lessons for other conflicts involving the volatile combination of
insurgency and counterinsurgency, most notably the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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