Chechnya Diary is a story about "the story" of the war in Chechnya, the "rogue republic" that attempted to secede from the Russian Federation at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Specifically, it is the story of the Samashki Massacre, a symbol of the Russian brutality that was employed to crush Chechen resistance. Thomas Goltz is a member of the exclusive journalistic cadre of compulsive, danger-addicted voyeurs who court death to get the story. But in addition to providing a tour through the convoluted Soviet and then post-Soviet nationalities policy that led to the bloodbath in Chechnya, Chechnya Diary is part of a larger exploration of the role (and impact) of the media in conflict areas. And at its heart, Chechnya Diary is the story of Hussein, the leader of the local resistance in the small town that bears the brunt of the massacre as it is drawn into war. This is a deeply personal book, a first person narrative that reads like an adventure but addresses larger theoretical issues ranging from the history of ethnic/nationalities in the USSR and the Russian Federation to journalistic responsibility in crisis zones. Chechnya Diary is a crossover work that offers both the historical context and a ground-level view of a complex and brutal war.

Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya

Goltz, Thomas

Biographies & Memoirs

Thomas Dunne Books

Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic

In its first years as an independent state, Azerbaijan was a prime example of post-Soviet chaos - beset by coups and civil strife and astride an ethnic, political and religious divide. Author Goltz was detoured in Baku in mid-1991 and decided to stay, this diary is the record of his experiences.

Reference

Routledge

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp;; Francis, an informa company.

Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus

Historical

Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus

Business & Money

Economics

Work your way around Africa putting on one-man Shakespeare performances? It’s the type of escapade that could only have sprung from the restless, feverish mind of the young Thomas Goltz, then a naïve twenty-one-year-old in 1976 looking for adventure and an errant brother. Goltz is now an acclaimed author and journalist who has reported extensively on the upheavals of the post-Soviet Caucasus, and this impulsive trip of his youth saw him wandering through the cities and villages of east, central, and southern Africa. His first port of call after hitchhiking through Eastern Europe and the Middle East is Ethiopia, where he is greeted by a civil war in full flame. Close encounters follow with bandits, guerrillas, missionaries, prostitutes, savvy street kids, bureaucrats, unrequited loves, and, of course, ordinary, Shakespeare-loving Africans.

Assassinating Shakespeare: Confessions of a Bard in the Bush

Community & Culture

Saqi Books

Hardcover,Requiem for a would-be republic: The rise and demise of the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan : a personal account of the years 1991-1993

Requiem for a would-be republic: The rise and demise of the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan : a personal account of the years 1991-1993

The Isis Press

Assassinating Shakespeare: The Confessions of a Bard in the Bush

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Independently published

An Oil Odyssey: A Geopolitical Motorcycle Adventure Down the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

Travel

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