Sebastian Smith: Allah's Mountains

Cover: 9781850439790 | Allah's Mountains | The Battle for Chechnya | Sebastian Smith | Buch

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Beschreibung

Ancient travellers called the Caucasus the mountain of languages. Greeks, Persians, Romans, Goths, Arabs, Mongols and Turks have all passed through the region; poets and artists have been inspired by its rugged beauty and yet its history is a tragic one - for centuries it has been ravaged by virtually continuous war. Every 50 years, it seems, Russia attempts to take control of this hugely strategic part of the world - sandwiched as it is between Iran, Turkey and Russia and crossed by some of the most valuable oil pipelines in the world. The latest conflict to sweep across the area began when Vladimir Putin invaded Chechnya in 1999. Thousands of Russian soldiers and thousands more Chechens - both rebels and civilians - died and Chechnya's towns and cities were bombed beyond recognition. Sebastian Smith travelled to Chechnya during this period. A mixture of travelogue, history and war journalism, "Allah's Mountains" tells the story of the conflict between this nation of mountain tribes and the might of the Russian army.

Über den Autor

Sebastian Smith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements * Maps * Introduction * Prologue * The Jigsaw * Fires of Liberty * The Jigsaw in Pieces * The Chechen Wolf * The Fury * Chasing Paradise * Bibliography * Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781850439790
ISBN-10:	1850439796
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Smith, Sebastian
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Sebastian Smith
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.11.2005
Gewicht:	0,352 kg