Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya из жанра Документальные

Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya

Биографии и мемуары, Военная история

Автор: Goltz Thomas

Язык: английский

Год: 2011

Оригинальное название: Chechnya Diary [A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya]

Издатель: Thomas Dunne Books

ISBN: 0-312-26874-2

Город: New York

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Chechnya Diary is a story about “the story” of the war in Chechnya, the “rogue republic” that attempted to secede from the Russian Federation at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Specifically, it is the story of the Samashki Massacre, a symbol of the Russian brutality that was employed to crush Chechen resistance.
Thomas Goltz is a member of the exclusive journalistic cadre of compulsive, danger-addicted voyeurs who court death to get the story. But in addition to providing a tour through the convoluted Soviet and then post-Soviet nationalities policy that led to the bloodbath in Chechnya, Chechnya Diary is part of a larger exploration of the role (and impact) of the media in conflict areas. And at its heart, Chechnya Diary is the story of Hussein, the leader of the local resistance in the small town that bears the brunt of the massacre as it is drawn into war.
This is a deeply personal book, a first person narrative that reads like an adventure but addresses larger theoretical issues ranging from the history of ethnic/nationalities in the USSR and the Russian Federation to journalistic responsibility in crisis zones. Chechnya Diary is a crossover work that offers both the historical context and a ground-level view of a complex and brutal war.