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Gail W. Lapidus

1999

Summer 1999

"Contested Sovereignty: The Tragedy of Chechnya"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 23

By Gail W. Lapidus

The author assesses the factors leading to Moscow’s decision in December 1994 to use military force to crush Chechnya’s resistance to the authority of the Russian leadership.

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