Crying Wolf
The Return of War to Chechnya, updated edition
By Vanora Bennett
November 2001
Macmillan
ISBN: 0330488317
603 pages, 5 1/8 x 7 3/4"
$19.95 paper original
From The Spectator: "Bennett's wonderful book shows just how intractable problems of this kind can be."
The Daily Telegraph calls the book an "extraordinary work
of journalism…combining shrewd political analysis and the author's personal
involvement."
The Sunday Times says the author "has a sharp eye for detail and color."
This updated account explains the Chechen conflict in vivid and passionate prose. "Crying Wolf" is the story of the one million Chechens who, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, found themselves cast as the enemy of the new Russian state. Compelled to assert their freedom and individualism, they faced the huge Russian army in a one-sided war which destroyed their land, their homes and their families. This updated account also covers the role of Vladimir Putin in the continuing struggle.