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The authors explain the contradictory images of the Chechen people - from gun-smuggling gangsters to savage but noble warriors fighting for justice - by placing the images in context and describing the history of the region.

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"An excellent ground-level account." -Wall Street Journal "A harrowing glimpse into the destabilization caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the troubled road to independence and democracy faced by its non-Russian members."-Kirkus Reviews "An exceptional feat of war correspondence. It is hard to imagine that it will be surpassed as the definitive account of the conflict. There seem to be few important moments of the war that the two reporters did not witness...They have spun a gripping narrative of war, politics, and diplomacy."-New York Times Book Review

Chechnya Calamity in the Caucasus

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    A Paperback by Carlotta Gall, Thomas De Waal

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      Publisher New York University Press
      Published 11 January 1999
      ISBN-13 9780814731321
      978-0814731321
      ISBN-10 0814731325
      Also in:
      General and world history Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements Terrorism, armed struggle

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The authors explain the contradictory images of the Chechen people - from gun-smuggling gangsters to savage but noble warriors fighting for justice - by placing the images in context and describing the history of the region.

      Trade Review
      "An excellent ground-level account." -Wall Street Journal "A harrowing glimpse into the destabilization caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the troubled road to independence and democracy faced by its non-Russian members."-Kirkus Reviews "An exceptional feat of war correspondence. It is hard to imagine that it will be surpassed as the definitive account of the conflict. There seem to be few important moments of the war that the two reporters did not witness...They have spun a gripping narrative of war, politics, and diplomacy."-New York Times Book Review

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