Anti-Russian and Anti-Soviet Subversion: The Caucasian-Japanese Nexus, 1904-1945
This article examines the little known history of political collaboration between Caucasian national groups and Japan directed against the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The collaboration, begun at the time of the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, resumed in the 1920s and continued through World War II. The...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Europe-Asia Studies. - Taylor & Francis, 1993. - 61(2009), 8, Seite 1415-1440 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Europe-Asia Studies |
| Schlagworte: | Political science Applied sciences Law Behavioral sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines the little known history of political collaboration between Caucasian national groups and Japan directed against the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The collaboration, begun at the time of the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, resumed in the 1920s and continued through World War II. The Caucasian groups (Haidar Bammat's 'Caucasus Group' in particular) and Japan worked together to pursue their common goal of dismembering the Soviet Union. Their anti-Soviet subversion was real yet achieved few results in the face of extraordinary Soviet security. Nevertheless, Stalin took no chances and terrorised anyone suspected of any possible link to the subversive activity. |
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| ISSN: | 14653427 |