Thursday, May 22, 2008

One soldier’s war

Author: Babchenko, Arkadiĭ

Title: One soldier’s war

Published: New York: Grove Press, 2007

Description: xii, 395 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Portobello Books, Ltd., with the title, One soldier’s war in Chechnya. Individual chapters were first published in Russian literary journals during 2003-2006 and then in book form by Exmo in 2006." -- T.p. verso. Translated from the Russian by Nick Allen

Subject(s):
  • Soldiers -- Russia (Federation) -- Chechnia -- Biography
  • Chechnia (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Personal narratives, Russian
  • Russia (Federation). Russkaia Armiia -- Military life
    Babchenko, Arkadiĭ

Review(s):

  • A soldier's tale. Economist, 11/17/2007, Vol. 385, Issue 8555
    ONE SOLDIER'S WAR. Kirkus Reviews, 11/1/2007, Vol. 75, Issue 21
  • The war the west forgot By: Barnes, Hugh. New Statesman, 10/29/2007, Vol. 137 Issue 4868, p54-54
  • One Soldier's War. By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 1/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 9/10, p37

Read: May 1, 2008