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Allah's Angels: Chechen Women in War
Paul J. Murphy
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Description for Allah's Angels: Chechen Women in War
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUAC; HBJD; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern war, Paul Murphy challenges conventional thinking on why they fight and are willing to kill themselves in the name of Allah. His book covers the two wars with Russia in 1994 and 1999 and the present conflict with Islamic Jihadists. It argues that these wars forced Chechnyan women to venture far beyond their traditional roles and advance their human rights but that the current movement championing traditional Islam is taking those rights away. Murphy presents powerful portrayals of women who fight in the Chechnyan Jihad, including snipers, ... Read more
In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern war, Paul Murphy challenges conventional thinking on why they fight and are willing to kill themselves in the name of Allah. His book covers the two wars with Russia in 1994 and 1999 and the present conflict with Islamic Jihadists. It argues that these wars forced Chechnyan women to venture far beyond their traditional roles and advance their human rights but that the current movement championing traditional Islam is taking those rights away. Murphy presents powerful portrayals of women who fight in the Chechnyan Jihad, including snipers, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591145424
SKU
V9781591145424
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Ref
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About Paul J. Murphy
Paul J. Murphy, a former senior intelligence and U.S. counterterrorism official, has worked on counterterrorism cooperation projects with the Russian parliament. The author of four other books, he is currently the Director of Russia-Eurasia Terror Watch.
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