Chechnya by Tony Wood
Since the end of the Cold War, Chechnya has suffered two full-scale Russian military assaults. The casualties remain largely uncounted, and the fundamental issues at stake are routinely sidestepped in Russia and in the West. This title offers an argument for Chechen self-determination, and considers Russo-Chechen relations.
A passionate and eloquent case for Chechen statehood, well researched and reasonedWhatever one thinks of state sovereignty these days, this political project demands serious engagement, and his humanitarian concerns cannot be ignored. -- Georgi Derluguian
Tony Wood's book is an antidote to the prevailing wisdom that Chechnya's rebels have always been nihilists and terrorists. He reminds us that a decade ago the Chechens were demanding nothing more than many other small peoples at the time of the Soviet breakup-statehood and a new start. In a world of cynicism and ignorance, Wood offers facts that many will find inconvenient and lays out an argument for which many thousands of Chechens-mistakenly or not-suffered and gave their lives. -- Sebastian Smith
Tony Wood's book is an antidote to the prevailing wisdom that Chechnya's rebels have always been nihilists and terrorists. He reminds us that a decade ago the Chechens were demanding nothing more than many other small peoples at the time of the Soviet breakup-statehood and a new start. In a world of cynicism and ignorance, Wood offers facts that many will find inconvenient and lays out an argument for which many thousands of Chechens-mistakenly or not-suffered and gave their lives. -- Sebastian Smith
Tony Wood lives in New York and writes on Russia and Latin America. A member of the editorial board of New Left Review, he is previously the author of Chechnya: The Case for Independence (2007), and his writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, the Guardian, n+1 and The Nation, among other places.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844671144 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844671143 |
| Title | Chechnya |
| Author | Tony Wood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2007-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 199 |
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