Paved With Good Intentions: Boris Yeltsin's Strategic Road to Chechnya, 1995-1996

Abstract

When Russian tanks rolled into Chechnya in December 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin expected a quick and decisive end to his problems with the upstart republic. Instead, he found his country enmeshed in a hellish military and political quagmire with no solution in sight. This paper will examine Russia's national security strategy as it relates to Chechnya's bid for independence. It will also analyze the strategic road leading to the use of military power to resolve the crisis. The thesis of this discussion is that Yeltsin's decision to use military force against Chechnya supported Russia's national interests in a unified Russian Federation. The military strategy ultimately succeeded despite a poor understanding of both the nature of the war and the will of the Chechen people.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA441499

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  • Daniel B. Fincher
  • Daniel E. Cushing

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  • National War College

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