Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya
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Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya

Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya

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Anne Nivat (Author)  

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Two years ago, when she was thirty years old, Anne Nivat decided to see first-hand what war was all about. Russia had just launched its second brutal campaign against Chechnya. And though the Russians strictly forbade Westerners from covering the war, the aspiring French journalist decided she would go. There are two very real dangers in Chechnya: being arrested by the Russians and being kidnapped by the Chechens. Nivat strapped her satellite phone to her belly, disguised herself in the garb of a Chechen peasant, and sneaked across the border. She found a young guide, Islam, to lead her illegally through the war zone. For six months they followed the war, travelling with underground rebels and sleeping with Chechen families or in abandoned buildings. Anne trembled through air raids walked through abandoned killing fields and helped in the halls of bloody hospitals. She interviewed rebel leaders, government officials, young widows, and angry fighters, and she reported everything back to France. Her reports in Liberation led to antiwar demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in Paris. Anne's words move. They are not florid, but terse, cool, dramatic. More than just a war correspondent's report, Chienne de Guerre is a moving story of struggle and self-discovery,the adventures of one young woman who repeatedly tests her own physical and psychological limits in the extremely dangerous and stressful environment of war.
Anne Nivat is the Moscow correspondent for Liberation. A French native, she speaks perfect English.
  • Contributor: Anne Nivat
  • Imprint: PublicAffairs,U.S.
  • ISBN13: 9781586480448
  • Number of Pages: 272
  • Packaged Dimensions: 162x241mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
  • Release Date: 2001-04-05
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Anne Nivat is the Moscow correspondent for Liberation. A French native, she speaks perfect English.

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