A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter In Chechnya
A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter In Chechnya
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Author
Author
Anna Politkovskaya / Анна Политковская
Dimension
Dimension
148x210mm (5,8'x8,3')
ISBN
ISBN
9781860468971
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
368
Publisher
Publisher
Random House
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2001
A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter In Chechnya
The Chechen War was supposed to be over in 1996 after the first Yeltsin campaign, but in the summer of 1999, the new Putin government decided, in their own words, to 'do the job properly'. Before all the bodies of those who had died in the first campaign had been located or identified, many more thousands would be slaughtered in another round of fighting.
The first account to be written by a Russian woman, A Dirty War is an edgy and intense study of a conflict that shows no sign of being resolved. Exasperated by the Russian government's attempt to manipulate media coverage of the war, journalist Anna Politkovskaya undertook to go to Chechnya, to make regular reports and keep events in the public eye.
In a series of despatches from July 1999 to January 2001 she vividly describes the atrocities and abuses of war, whether it be the corruption endemic in post-Communist Russia, in particular the government and the military, or the spurious arguments and abominable behaviour of the Chechen authorities. In these courageous reports, Politkovskaya excoriates male stupidity and brutality on both sides of the conflict and interviews the civilians whose homes and communities have been laid waste, leaving them nowhere to live, and nothing and no one to believe in.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:Anna Politkovskaya - Анна Политковская
Publisher:Random House
Language:English
Publication Date:2001
Number of pages:368 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:148 mm / 5,8'
Height:210 mm / 8,3'
Weight:414 g
Illustrations:Black and white
ISBN:9781860468971