Paul J. Murphy, Allah's Angels: Chechen Women in War . Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2010, 294 pages

Abstract

After The Wolves of Islam, which dealt with Chechen insurgency and terrorism, Paul J. Murphy's new book examines the different aspects of Chechen women's experiences in the two wars that have devastated the country since 1994. Murphy, a former senior US counterterrorism official, asserts a balanced position, seeking to understand to what extent Chechen women have suffered from violence, but also how and under what conditions they have themselves exercised violence, including suicide bombings....