Counterinsurgency Warfare and Brutalisation - The Second Russian-Chechen War (Hardcover)

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 well as from secondary sources, this book is the first to offer a detailed analysis of the long-neglected logic underpinning brutalisation-centred COIN campaigns. It offers a comprehensive systematisation of the brutalisation paradigm and challenges the widespread assumption of brutalisation as an underperforming paradigm of COIN warfare. It shows that, although appalling, brutalisation-centred measures can deliver success. The book also outlines a stigmatised yet widely deployed set of COIN measures and provides critical insights into how Western military blueprints can be improved without compromising important moral and ethical requirements. This book will be of much interest to students of counterinsurgency, military and strategic studies, Russian politics, and International Relations.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cass Military Studies
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Roberto Colombo • Emil Aslan Souleimanov
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	110
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-203579-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	1-03-203579-X
Barcode:	9781032035796

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