Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. War in Eastern Ukraine as the Delegation of Leaderless Rebellion -- 3. The Victory of Euromaidan as a Critical Juncture -- 4. Social Embeddedness of the Pro-Russian Secessionists and Rebel Commanders -- 5. Extreme Fragmentation in Leaderless Rebellion -- 6. Solving the Problem of the Fragmentation: Forced Merger -- 7. Russia's Proxy Army in the Donbas -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index
Summary
This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine. It offers systematic insights into the structures and relations within the leaderless rebellion in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts
