Product Description

Anna Politkovskaya, a correspondent for Novaya gazeta, has gathered together a collection of articles and columns which offer a rare insider's view of life in Chechnya. The book recounts the horrors of living in the midst of war, and how conflict has affected Russian society.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #703703 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 232 pages

Customer Reviews

Hidden truths
Having read widely about the Chechen conflict it was clear that Anna Politkovskaya was a dissenting voice that the Russians did not want to hear ... hey, they ended up killing her for her outspoken attacks on Putin and his cronies. To hear the real story of the Chechen conflict go no futher than this wonderfully lucid account of what modern warfare does to the ordinary people on both sides. There are heartbreaking accounts of the destruction of Grozny and the impact this had on the elderly and very young, accounts of the inept way in which the Russian authorities deal with the dead, wounded and missing on their own side ... there is literally one pathology department in the entire Russian army that deals with literally thousands of bodies being returned every year.
Propaganda? I think not, but with so little being allowed out and the current state of affairs with Putin and the Russian Federation where else could we get information? Anna was a beacon of hope in this dark and inhuman conflict and should have been celebrated as such. This book reveals why so little was made of her murder. The more people that read this the better.