Bibliograph

Putin's wars, the rise of Russia's new imperialism, Marcel H. Van Herpen

Type

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Putin's wars, the rise of Russia's new imperialism, Marcel H. Van Herpen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-296) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Putin's wars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

909112097

Responsibility statement

Marcel H. Van Herpen

Sub title

the rise of Russia's new imperialism

Summary

This book offers a systematic analysis of Putin's three wars, placing the Second Chechen War, the war with Georgia of 2008, and the war with Ukraine of 2014-2015 in their broader historical context. Drawing on original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were prepared and conducted, and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide. He shows how the conflicts functioned to consolidate and legitimate Putin's regime and explores how they were connected to a fourth, hidden, internal war waged by the Kremlin against the opposition. The author argues that the Kremlin -- relying on the secret services, the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin youth Nashi, and the rehabilitated Cossacks -- is preparing for an imperial revival, most recently in the form of a Eurasian Union. This book makes a case that Putin's regime emulates an established Russian paradigm in which empire building and despotic rule are mutually reinforcing

Table Of Contents

Part I. Russia and the curse of empire -- Despotism and the quest for empire -- Comparing western and Russian legitimation theories for empire -- Putin and the end of Russian "empire fatigue" -- Putin's grand design -- The Eurasian Union: Putin's newest imperial project -- Part II. The "internal war" -- Russia as a "pluralist" one-party state -- Preaching the ultranationalist gospel: the transformation of "united Russia" -- The Nashi: Fascist blackshirts or a New Komsomol? -- Send in the Cossacks -- Part III. The wheels of war -- Three lost wars: from Afghanistan to the First Chechen War -- The mysterious apartment bombings: detonator of the Second Chechen War -- The Second Chechen War: Putin's war -- The war with Georgia, Part I: a premeditated Russian aggression -- The war with Georgia, Part II: six events announcing the Kremlin's preparation for war -- The war with Georgia, Part III: the propaganda war -- Origins of the war in Ukraine -- Russia's "hybrid war" in Ukraine: five scenarios -- Conclusion

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