{"product_id":"a-small-corner-of-hell-dispatches-from-chechnya-9780226674322","title":"A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching account of Russias brutal war in Chechnya by a reporter who was assassinated because of her work  Chechnya  a 6 000-square-mile corner of the northern Caucasus  has struggled under Russian domination for centuries. The region declared its independence in 1991  leading to a brutal war  Russian withdrawal  and subsequent \"governance\" by bandits and warlords. A series of apartment building attacks in Moscow in 1999  allegedly orchestrated by a rebel faction  reignited the war  which continues to rage today. Russia has gone to great lengths to keep journalists from reporting on the conflict; consequently  few people outside the region understand its scale and the atrocitiesdescribed by eyewitnesses as comparable to those discovered in Bosniacommitted there.  Anna Politkovskaya  a correspondent for the liberal Moscow newspaper Novaya gazeta  was the only journalist to have constant access to the region. Her international stature and reputation for honesty among the Chechens allowed her to continue to report to the world the brutal tactics of Russias leaders used to quell the uprisings. A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya is her second book on this bloody and prolonged war. More than a collection of articles and columns  A Small Corner of Hell offers a rare insiders view of life in Chechnya over the past years. Centered on stories of those caught-literally-in the crossfire of the conflict  her book recounts the horrors of living in the midst of the war  examines how the war has affected Russian society  and takes a hard look at how people on both sides are profiting from it  from the guards who accept bribes from Chechens out after curfew to the United Nations. Politkovskayas unflinching honesty and her courage in speaking truth to power combine here to produce a powerful account of what is acknowledged as one of the most dangerous and least understood conflicts on the planet.  Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in Moscow on October 7  2006.  \"The murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya leaves a terrible silence in Russia and an information void about a dark realm that we need to know more about. No one else reported as she did on the Russian north Caucasus and the abuse of human rights there. Her reports made for difficult readingand Politkovskaya only got where she did by being one of lifes difficult people.\"Thomas de Waal  Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646647263285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226674320","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226674322.jpg?v=1781676710","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-small-corner-of-hell-dispatches-from-chechnya-9780226674322","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}