Red DIME: Dissecting the Bolshevik Liquidation Campaign in the Ferghana Valley Against the Basmachi Resistance

Abstract

This monograph delves into the Bolshevik campaign to liquidate the Basmachi Resistance in the Ferghana Valley Section of Central Asia. The Bolsheviks employed a precursor to the modern day D.I.M.E construct to overcome early policy missteps. The author uses archival documents from the Ferghana Oblast State Archives that he gathered during his Fulbright Scholar research during 2002-2003. By utilizing illustrative examples of Diplomatic, Information, Military, and Economic initiatives, it is possible to learn about the evolution of policy as the Bolshevik authorities struggled to regain the initiative against the Basmachi Resistance. These lessons of the Bolshevik counterinsurgency against the native Basmachi resistance remain remarkably applicable as governments face similar challenges in the 21st Century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 2008
Accession Number
ADA485594

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  • John P. Riordan

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  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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  • Biomedical
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  • Agriculture
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  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Central Asia
  • Civil Defense
  • Economic Policy
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Insurgency
  • Law
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  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

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