"Two years ago, when she was thirty years old, Anne Nivat decided to see first-hand what war was all about. Russia had just launched its second brutal campaign against Chechnya. And though the Russians strictly forbade Western journalists from covering the war by themselves, the young French journalist decided she would go alone.".

"More than just a war correspondent's report, Chienne de Guerre is a story of struggle and self-discovery - the adventures of one young woman who repeatedly tests her own physical and psychological limits in the extremely dangerous and stressful environment of war."--BOOK JACKET.