Description
Product ID: | 9781847679727 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Free Fall |
Subtitle: | A Sniper's Story from Chechnya |
Authors: | Author: Nicolai Lilin, Jamie Richards |
Page Count: | 416 |
Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A unique and remarkable account of the war in Chechnya by the internationally acclaimed author of Siberian Education Free Fall tells the brutal engrossing story of the Second Chechen War, through the eyes of a young Russian Soldier. Nicolai Lilin was trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Russian Special Forces regiment called the Saboteurs. This hardened and close-knit band of brothers, operating beyond the control of military code, faced mercenary fighters, anti-personnel mines and torture of the most extreme kind. |
Imprint Name: | Canongate Books |
Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-07-05 |