Critical Compendium » One Soldier’s War, by Arkady Babchenko, translated by Nick Allen
One Soldier’s War, by Arkady Babchenko, translated by Nick Allen

“There is certainly no more commanding a subject for a book than the trials of war – particularly when these events are experienced by young idealists. Libraries and bookstores alike hold shelves of such memoirs, each one of them trying to encapsulate the horrors of armed conflict. As a member of the Vietnam War generation, I have read my fair share of them. But few have ever hit me with the force and power of Arkady Babchenko’s new memoir of the conflicts in Chechnya, One Soldier’s War.” Read the review at the Christian Science Monitor.

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