Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, [2017]
Physical Details
1 online resource (xxviii, 106 pages)
ISBNs
1584877480
"February 2017."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-106).
Introducing the North Caucasus. A history of rebellions -- Ethnographic profile -- Socioeconomic and political situation -- Understanding the causes of insurgent mobilization in the North Caucasus -- Sources of pro-insurgent support -- The North Caucasian insurgency -- Chechnya 2000-2010 : a model counterinsurgency? Selective targeting -- Collective punishment -- Infiltration and decapitation -- Counterinsurgency. Selective targeting -- Collective punishment -- Infiltration and decapitation -- The recruitment of North Caucasians into the Syrian civil war -- Limitations -- Conclusion