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Title: Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus by Carlotta Gall, Thomas De Waal ISBN: 0-8147-3132-5 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent (but skewed) Overview
Comment: This book is a decent introduction for non-specialists who didn't necessarily follow events as they were unfolding a few years ago. However, to its discredit I have to say that it is clearly pro-Chechen, almost to the point of being propaganda in some places. The authors seem to buy into the romantic, historical image of the Chechen freedom fighter, but only emphasize the atrocities committed by the Russians. I suppose that's an occupational hazard faced by war journalists who spend a lot of time covering a conflict among the forces of one side. After all, every point of view has limitiations.
Rating: 4
Summary: An account of the first phase of the conflict
Comment: As of the writing of this book, the Chechnyans had successfully repelled the Russian army and achieved a de facto independence that was not recognized by the rest of the world. Subsequent events have shown that Russia was not through with Chechnya by a long shot. This is a fascinating and grusome account of how Russia first attempted to pacify its rebellious province and how the Chechnyan hatred of the Russians goes back well over a hundred years. Stalin deported the entire population of the area to Central Asia during World War Two, cementing the Checnyans hatred of Moscow. That the West has allowed the slaughter in Chechnya to continue without more than a peep of a protest is shameful. This is a compelling book that deserves a wider audience, as well as a sequel.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good overall account
Comment: The book is a little slow in the begining going back far in the history of the Chechens but to understand what is going on today you need to know what happend awhile ago. Once you get brought up to date the book goes quickly....great writing/reporting.
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Title: A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya by Anna Politkovskaia, John Crowfoot, Anna Politovskaya, Anna Politkovskaya ISBN: 1860468977 Publisher: Harvill Pr Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power by Anatol Lieven, Heidi Bradner ISBN: 0300078811 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Allah's Mountains: The Battle for Chechnya by Sebastian Smith ISBN: 1860646514 Publisher: I.B. Tauris Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya by Anne Nivat, Susan Darnton ISBN: 1586480448 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Chechen Wars: Will Russia Go the Way of the Soviet Union? by Matthew Evangelista ISBN: 0815724993 Publisher: The Brookings Institution Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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