Russia,oh my Russia

never has there been a book which details the collapse of communism during the gorbachev and yeltsin era.a historical fiction which combines facts and fictional people who experience the total destruction in the eastern block.we see through their eyes how the berlin wall and east germany fell apart.the nightmare of afghanistan witnessed by russian soldiers stationed in the tribal areas.follow the unfolding of the coup against gorbachev and the masses which catapuled yeltsin into the kremlin and gorbachev into retirement.the deadly assault on the russian parliament on yeltsins orders and the killing of innocent people which has never been properly explained.how did israeli snipers end up on the streets of moscow and how much did bill clinton really know.what led to the first war in chechnya and why was the might of the russian army so completely unprepared for this urban warfare where thousands of young soldiers lost their lives.this book is partially based on eye witness account and research which gives a frightening inside into democracy born out of a totalitarian state.