340 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2008 by Basic Books.
340 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2008 by Basic Books.
In the early hours of New Year's 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into a prolonged and bloody conflict that continues to this day. A foreign correspondent in Moscow at the time, Åsne Seierstad traveled regularly to Chechnya to report on the war, describing its affects on those trying to live their daily lives amidst violence.