Author: BULLOUGH, OLIVER (1977-)
Title: Let our fame be great : journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus / Oliver Bullough
Description: New York : Basic Books 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 496 pages; Description; xi. 496 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. Summary; Explores the history and people of the Caucasus. recounting the resilience of the native peoples of the area despite historical invasions. persecutions. and warfare -- Source other than Library of Congress. Contents; Introduction : Let us live in freedom -- Pt. 1. THE CIRCASSIANS. 1864. Are you not a Circassian? -- We share happiness. we share sadness -- I give thee that little bird -- Three hundred prime-bodied Circassians -- The Caucasus Mountains are sacred to me -- Extermination alone would keep them quiet -- A pear tree in the mountains -- Here lived the Circassians -- The Circassians do not appear in this list -- Pt. 2. THE MOUNTAIN TURKS. 1943-4. A red gramophone -- A dirty animal -- Three little boys -- The double-headed mountain -- I always fought against the class enemies -- Liquidate the bandit group -- The 'unnation' was a new phenomenon -- Playing Stalin -- Pt. 3. GROZNY. 1995. War is war. but to behave in that way is not right -- A Muslim submissive to the will of God -- The Imam and the princesses -- Fire is better than shame -- The old man Shamil -- People should not return ever -- This is all for the sake of Allah -- Everyone was scared of them -- My sons were killed -- Pt. 4. BESLAN. 2004. We offer you peace. and the choice is up to you -- I cannot even raise my eyes towards them -- It was all for nothing -- The hard shackles of evil -- I have become no one -- There is no need for this any more -- Postscript : The boy who chose an orange. not a gun. Subjects; Bullough. Oliver. 1977---Travel--Caucasus. Caucasus--History. Caucasus--Social conditions. Caucasus--Description and travel. Caucasus--History. Caucasus--Social conditions.Weight in Kg appr.:

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