" A] gripping narrative of war, politics, and diplomacy."--New York Times Book Review
The war in Chechnya left us with some of the most harrowing images in recent times: a modern European city bombed to ruins while its citizens cowered in bunkers; mass graves; mothers combing the hills for their missing sons.
The product of investigative and on-the-scene reporting by two established journalists, Carlotta Gall and Thomas de Waal's captivating book recounts the story of the Chechens' violent struggle for independence, and the Kremlin politics that precipitated it....
" A] gripping narrative of war, politics, and diplomacy."--New York Times Book Review
- A] gripping narrative of war, politics, and diplomacy.---New York Times Book Review
The war in Chechnya left us with some of the most harrowing images in recent times: a modern European city bombed to ruins while its citizens cowered in bunkers; mass graves; mothers combing the hills for their missing sons.
The product of investigative and on-the-scene reporting by two established journalists, Carlotta Gall and Thomas de Waal's captivating book recounts the story of the Chechens' violent struggle for independence, and the Kremlin politics that precipitated it. Exploring...
- A] gripping narrative of war, politics, and diplomacy.---New York Times Book Review
The war in Chechnya left us with some of the mo...
An enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan. Financial Times
Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there right after 9/11, when the US special forces helped the Northern Alliance drive the Taliban out of the north and then the south, fighting pitched battles and causing their enemies to flee underground and into Pakistan. She knows...
An enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan. Financial Times
