Book summaryThis memoir of service in Chechnya, ONE SOLDIER'S WAR by Arkady Babchenko, comprises war stories noncombatants at home seldom hear. Drafted into the Russian army in his second year of law school, Babchenko, now a journalist, describes the notorious brutalization of new recruits, the tedium of war, and the trivial concerns amidst lethal dangers. He worries as he dodges gunfire that he will be covered with cow manure. He takes the selling of weapons for vodka and cash--weapons that make their way to the "enemy"--as a given. The narrow personal perspective and hardened irreverence reflect the brutalization of combat. |
One Soldiers War in Chechnyaby Babchenko, ArkadyReprint
Book desription: London United Kingdom: Portobello Books, 2008 405 pages maps - Arkady Babchenko was a naive 18 year old when he was conscripted to fight in Chechnya. He learned the meaning of savagery and fear before he'd even been near the front line, and by the time he started his active duty he had developed the tough skin of the hardened soldier. This is the story of his journey from innocence to brutalised experience.. Reprint. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket.
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