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    <![CDATA[In the early hours of New Year's 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into a prolonged and bloody conflict that continues to this day. A foreign correspondent in Moscow at the time, Åsne Seierstad traveled regularly to Chechnya to report on the war, describing its affects on those trying to live their daily lives amidst violence.<br/><br/>In the following decade, Seierstad became an internationally renowned reporter and author, traveling to the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and other war-torn regions. But she never lost sight of this conflict that had initially inspired her career. Over the course of a decade, she watched as Russia ruthlessly suppressed an Islamic rebellion in two bloody wars and as Chechnya evolved into one of the flashpoints in a world now focused on the threat of international terrorism.<br/><br/>In 2006, Seierstad finally returned to Chechnya, traveling in secret and under the constant threat of danger. In a broken and devastated society she lived with orphans, the wounded, the lost. And she lived with the children of Grozny, those who will shape the country's future. She asks the question: What happens to a child who grows up surrounded by war and accustomed to violence?<br/><br/>A compelling, intimate, and often heartbreaking portrait of Chechnya today, <em>The Angel of Grozny</em> is a vivid account of a land's violent history and its ongoing battle for freedom.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting account of the war between Russia and Chechnya. The author gives the background from the last 100 years in pretty good detail and mostly focuses on the situation since World War II. I knew very little about this war and what it's been like since the Soviet Union broke up. I feel I h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64427799">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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