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thomasroche's review against another edition
2.0
Encyclopedic on its moment-to-moment chronology of the events in the Chechen war, but no analysis whatsoever. After reading 600 pages I was hoping to know WHY the Russians didn't pull out of Chechnya. It may seem obvious, and it's the whole reason I was reading the book -- to have some background in it. I got none of that; I just got the details of the war from minute to minute to minute, and how it related to international terrorism and the global jihad.
Interesting stuff, but too much information and not enough analysis. I would probably rather have read a much shorter, more "big picture" kind of book -- this is more for people looking for a tight-in view of specific events, for purposes of further research.
That made it a pretty dull read, but I still give it four stars because of its comprehensiveness and exquisite procedural detail.
Interesting stuff, but too much information and not enough analysis. I would probably rather have read a much shorter, more "big picture" kind of book -- this is more for people looking for a tight-in view of specific events, for purposes of further research.
That made it a pretty dull read, but I still give it four stars because of its comprehensiveness and exquisite procedural detail.
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