TY - GEN T1 - The Chechen wars : will Russia go the way of the Soviet Union? A1 - Evangelista, Matthew, 1958- LA - English PP - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press YR - 2002 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm53798320 AB - Russian presidents Yeltsin and Putin justified their invasions of Chechnya as necessary to prevent a breakup of the Russian Federation. Evangelista challenges these justifications by exploring the sources of both wars and the implications for Russia's internal coherence and international standing. OP - 244 CN - DK511.C37 E94 2002eb SN - 0815724977 SN - 9780815724971 SN - 9780815724988 SN - 0815724985 SN - 9780815724995 SN - 0815724993 SN - 1280812745 SN - 9781280812743 SN - 6610812748 SN - 9786610812745 KW - Chechni͡a (Russia) : History : Civil War, 1994- : Causes. KW - Urban warfare : Russia (Federation) : Chechnia. KW - Chechnia (Russia) : History : Civil War, 1994- : Causes. KW - Tchétchénie (Russie) : Histoire : 1994-1996 (Intervention russe) : Causes. KW - HISTORY. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : International Relations : Diplomacy. KW - War : Causes KW - Russia (Federation) : Chechni͡a KW - Burgeroorlogen. KW - Since 1994 KW - History ER -