Description:The humiliation of Russia by separatist rebels in the Chechen War marked a key moment in Russian-and perhaps world-history. In this major new work, distinguished writer and political commentator Anatol Lieven offers a riveting eyewitness account of the war, the first in-depth portrait of the Chechen people in English, and a sophisticated and multifaceted explanation for the Russian defeat and the present weakness of the Russian state and nation.