Chienne De Guerre

Author : Anne Nivat
Publisher : LGF/Le Livre de Poche
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)
ISBN : 2253151106

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" Ce livre est le récit de mes différents séjours dans la Tchétchénie en guerre, entre septembre 1999 et mi-février 2000. La guerre telle que je l'ai vue : il s'agit là d'un pur témoignage. J'ai agi en tant que journaliste free-lance, correspondante de deux quotidiens français, Libération et Ouest-France. Dès le début du conflit, j'avais fait la demande d'une accréditation ad hoc du côté russe ; ne l'ayant pas obtenue, j'ai décidé de regarder la guerre du côté tchétchène. Cet affrontement qui ne cesse de saigner et d'épuiser les camps en présence n'est malheureusement pas terminé et peut-être ne finira jamais. Aussi faut-il continuer de se rendre sur place pour dire ce qu'il en est. À moi qui n'avais fréquenté la guerre que dans les livres d'histoire, elle a appris son poids de cruauté, de désespoir et de mort. Au lecteur, j'espère que ces pages auront mieux fait percevoir l'enchaînement tragique des événements, mieux fait comprendre aussi ce peuple, ces hommes et femmes tchétchènes avec qui j'ai partagé l'impartageable. "

Author : Anne Nivat
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786745579

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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 Lib'ration 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.

Author : Nathalie Skowronek,Aurélie Wilmet
Publisher : COTCOTCOT
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2930941596

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Chienne de guerre by Nathalie Skowronek,Aurélie Wilmet Pdf

Author : Anne Nivat
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0786745576

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Chienne de Guerre by Anne Nivat Pdf

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 Lib'ration 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.

Author : Laura Scala
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1078162271

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Chien de Guerre by Laura Scala Pdf

Esclave depuis dix ans, Sakhar est devenu le Chien de Guerre du Roi. Arme lâchée sur les ennemis de la couronne, on ne lui demande ni état d'âme ni pensées. Pourtant, il ne peut empêcher ces dernières de s'emballer quand il tombe sur la femme peuplant ses songes . Or, elle aussi a besoin d'un Chien de Guerre.

Author : Inga Rossi-Schrimpf
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789462701366

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14/18 – Rupture or Continuity by Inga Rossi-Schrimpf Pdf

The impact of the Great War and its aftermath on Belgian artistic life World War I had a major effect on Belgian visual arts. German occupation, the horror at the battlefield and the experience of exile led to multiple narratives and artistic expressions by Belgian artists during and after the war. Belgian interbellum art is extremely vibrant and diverse. 14/18 – Rupture or Continuity takes a look at Belgian artistic life in the years around the First World War and how it was affected by this event. The Great War was a catalyst of artistic oppositions, leading on the one hand to a Belgian avant-garde that explored new forms and styles, while continuing to uphold a more traditional and established art on the other. Whereas the war experience consolidated an already present style for some artists, for others it constituted a revolution leading to new artistic adventures. The collection of essays in the present book highlights these contrasting facets of Belgian art in its rich historical context during the early 20th century.

Author : Amjad Jaimoukha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134349906

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The Chechens by Amjad Jaimoukha Pdf

This book provides a ready introduction and practical guide to the Chechen people and some little-known and rarely-considered aspects of Chechen culture, including customs and traditions, folklore, arts and architecture, music, and literature. It also narrates Chechen history from ancient times and provides sketches of archaic religions and civilizations. Jaimoukha reveals the esoteric social structure and the peculiar brand of Chechen Sufism, as well as the present political situation in Chechnya. As the only comprehensive guide available in English, this book is an indispensable and accessible resource for all those with an interest in Chechnya.

Author : Pat Gibbons,Brigitte Piquard
Publisher : Universidad de Deusto
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788498305180

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Working in Conflict - Working on Conflict by Pat Gibbons,Brigitte Piquard Pdf

The intensification and multiplicity of protracted conflicts, the blurring of traditional distinctions between war zones and safe areas, together with increased difficulties in distinguishing botween belligerents and civilian population have all served to worsen the fate of innocent victims and to complicate the work of those who try to assist them. Actors who claim space under the humanitarian banner are guided by varying principles of humanitarianism or employ diflerent interpretations of a small number of acknowledged humanitarian principles. This book addresses some of the main challenges and dilemmas of contemporary humanitarian work. It presents a selection of papers from a high level forum that the Network on Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA) convened in 2003 as an introductory course to its Joint European Master's in International Humanitarian Action. The event gathered over two hundred participants including researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and postgraduate students from around the world. The first section of the book explores the meaning of the «humanitarian» concept. The second analyses the evolving mandates of humanitarian actors under a number of broad groupings and, finally, the third examines the scope of the humanitarian business and the relationship between humanitarian action and conflict transformation - hence the title working in conflict/working on conflict.

Author : Richard Sakwa
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843311652

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Chechnya by Richard Sakwa Pdf

The struggle for Chechnya has come to international prominence in recent years through a string of high-profile atrocities such as the hostage seizures at Beslan and the Dubrovka theatre IN Moscow. For the first time, Western, Russian and Chechen perspectives on the conflict are brought together in a single, authoritative new volume, in which leading experts from all sides of the crisis provide a unique insight into its causes and contexts. Chechnya: from Past to Future creates a historical framework against which the most pressing issues raised by the Chenchen struggle are considered, including the rights and wrongs of Chechen secessionism, the role of Islamic and Western international agencies in defending human rights, the conduct of the war, changing perceptions of the war against the backdrop of international terrorism, democracy in Chechnya itself and the uncertain fate of democracy in Russia as a whole. The precarious position of Chechnya is one of the most important social and political situations of our times and this book should be of interest to anyone with an interest in the world we live in.

Author : Herfried Münkler
Publisher : Polity
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745633367

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The New Wars by Herfried Münkler Pdf

This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords, mercenaries and terrorists play an increasingly important role. In the modern era, warfare came to play a crucial role in the formation of states, whereas the new wars emerging at the beginning of the 21st century have mostly gone together with the failure or collapse of states. The author draws out the key shifts involved in this process: from symmetrical conflicts between states to asymmetrical global relationships of force; from national armies to increasingly private or commercial bands of warlords, child soldiers and mercenaries; from pitched battles to protracted conflicts in which there is often little fighting and most of the violence is directed against civilians. Changes in weapons technology have combined with complex economic factors to make the prospect of endlessly simmering wars a real danger in the years to come. Against this background, the author outlines the rise of a novel form of international terrorism, conceived more as a political method of communication than as an element in a military strategy. The resulting challenges faced by Western governments, and the costs and benefits associated with any response, are taken up in a concluding section that contrasts the characteristic European and American approaches and examines the implications for the future of international law. This book will be of important to students of political science, international relations, war and peace studies, conflict studies and peace studies. It will also appeal to the general reader with an interest in this topical subject.

Author : Didier Quella-Guyot
Publisher : Bamboo
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-10T00:00:00+02:00
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9782818939413

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Monument amour by Didier Quella-Guyot Pdf

1918 - Camille sculpte des femmes sur une douille quand un obus tombe dans sa tranchée. Il est sauvé par un chien qui ne le quittera plus. Envoyé à l’hôpital, le soldat se mure dans le silence, ne s’adressant quasiment qu’à son chien qui vient le voir dans son lit. Peu à peu, il va se passionner pour le dressage de chiens, car la guerre en a besoin. Ce sculpteur « muet » doué avec les animaux accepte enfin de sortir du silence. Lorsqu’arrive la longue démobilisation des hommes, Camille rentre chez lui à Nantes, accompagné de quelques bêtes et retrouve son atelier d’artiste, mais son comportement avec les femmes, et les modèles en particulier, est pour le moins... curieux.

Author : Anthony Joes
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813172231

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Urban Guerrilla Warfare by Anthony Joes Pdf

Guerrilla insurgencies continue to rage across the globe, fueled by ethnic and religious conflict and the easy availability of weapons. At the same time, urban population centers in both industrialized and developing nations attract ever-increasing numbers of people, outstripping rural growth rates worldwide. As a consequence of this population shift from the countryside to the cities, guerrilla conflict in urban areas, similar to the violent response to U.S. occupation in Iraq, will become more frequent. Urban Guerrilla Warfare traces the diverse origins of urban conflicts and identifies similarities and differences in the methods of counterinsurgent forces. In this wide-ranging and richly detailed comparative analysis, Anthony James Joes examines eight key examples of urban guerrilla conflict spanning half a century and four continents: Warsaw in 1944, Budapest in 1956, Algiers in 1957, Montevideo and São Paulo in the 1960s, Saigon in 1968, Northern Ireland from 1970 to 1998, and Grozny from 1994 to 1996. Joes demonstrates that urban insurgents violate certain fundamental principles of guerrilla warfare as set forth by renowned military strategists such as Carl von Clausewitz and Mao Tse-tung. Urban guerrillas operate in finite areas, leaving themselves vulnerable to encirclement and ultimate defeat. They also tend to abandon the goal of establishing a secure base or a cross-border sanctuary, making precarious combat even riskier. Typically, urban guerrillas do not solely target soldiers and police; they often attack civilians in an effort to frighten and disorient the local population and discredit the regime. Thus urban guerrilla warfare becomes difficult to distinguish from simple terrorism. Joes argues persuasively against committing U.S. troops in urban counterinsurgencies, but also offers cogent recommendations for the successful conduct of such operations where they must be undertaken.

Author : Adam Dolnik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134098248

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Understanding Terrorist Innovation by Adam Dolnik Pdf

This book explores the innovations and advances in terrorist tactics and technologies to help fill the gap in the contemporary terrorism literature by developing an empirical theory of terrorist innovation. The key question concerns the global historical trends in terrorist innovation, as well as the critical factors responsible for the differences in practices among terrorist organizations. The first part of the book provides an overview of the tactics and technology used by terrorists in the last century and identifies the key trends for the future. The second part compares four differing terrorist organizations with the aim of identifying key factors in producing innovative tactics and weaponry. The volume provides a historical explanation of the trends in terrorist innovation and also has policy relevance, as the ability to identify signature characteristics of innovation-prone terrorist organizations is a critical element in predictive threat assessment. Understanding Terrorist Innovation will be of great interest to students of terrorism studies, security studies and political science in general.

Author : Jane Sharp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134325818

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Striving for Military Stability in Europe by Jane Sharp Pdf

First Published in 2004. This new book traces the changing relationship between Russia and NATO through the prism of conventional arms control, and focuses on the negotiation, implementation and adaptation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. It shows that arms control agreements reflect rather than affect rela tions between parties. The CFE Treaty codified parity between NATO and the Soviet-led Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO) in November 1990, reflecting the status quo at the end of the cold war. The benefits were short lived for Russia, however. Although still widely viewed in the West as the cornerstone of security and stability in post-cold war Europe, from the Russian perspective the treaty was soon overtaken by events. With the collapse of the WTO and the Soviet Union in 1991, it became impossible to talk of a military balance between east and west in Europe, especially as all the former WTO states opted for membership in NATO. This study details how the other state parties worked hard to adjust and adapt the treaty to meet Russian concerns about its new weakness relative to NATO, and the issues that complicated Russian acceptance of CFE limits. This book will be of great interest to all students of Russia, NATO, European politics, international relations and strategic studies in general.

Author : Anna Politkovskaya
Publisher : Random House
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409090267

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Nothing But the Truth by Anna Politkovskaya Pdf

From the author of the internationally acclaimed Putin's Russia and A Russian Diary. Until her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta, winning international fame for her reporting on the Chechen wars and, more generally, on Russian politics and state corruption. Nothing But the Truth is a definitive collection of Anna Politkovskaya's best writings: a lasting and inspiring book from one fo the greatest reporters of our age.