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  Free Fall: A Sniper's Story from Chechnya (Paperback) By (author) Nicolai Lilin

  

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  Short Description for Free FallA unique and remarkable memoir of the war in Chechnya by the internationally acclaimed author of SIBERIAN EDUCATION.
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  • Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
  • Published: 07 July 2011
  • Format: Paperback 416 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Memoirs | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Special & Elite Forces | European History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | 21st Century History: From C 2000 - | Military History | Military History: Post WW2 Conflicts
  • ISBN 13: 9781847679710 ISBN 10: 1847679714
  • Sales rank: 21,093

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• Free Fall is a brutal but engrossing memoir of the Second Chechen War, through the eyes of a young Russian soldier. Nicolai Lilin was conscripted and then trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Russian Special Forces regiment called the Saboteurs. This elite band of men, which operated outside the purview of traditional military code, fought their way through multiple assignments, including guerilla warfare in inhospitable mountainous terrain and intense hand-to-hand fighting in urban areas. Along the way, the Saboteurs faced mercenary fighters, anti-personnel mines and torture of the most extreme kind. Both an immediate sequel to the author's previous book, Siberian Education, and a remarkable stand-alone memoir, Free Fall offers a unique perspective on one of the most controversial wars in living memory. Lilin writes with honesty and extreme cynicism, and with a sharp eye for the banality of evil. It is an unflinching, unforgiving and unputdownable read.