To Catch a Tartar

Klappentext In To Catch a Tartar, Chris Bird traces a personal journey through the violent de-colonialization of the Soviet empire, recording a war in which lightly armed Chechen fighters held their own against tens of thousands of Russian troops, a conflict that in many essentials has not changed since Lermontov and Tolstoy fought the gortsy, the "mountaineers" of the Caucasus. Instructive and erudite, this is an absorbing history of a still-unknown corner of the world. Chris Bird is the former Caucasus correspondent for Agence France-Presse and The Associated Press.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Bird
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2003
• EAN: 9780719565069
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6506-9
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subject: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales