Without this book, had long been a worldwide bestseller, it is impossible to imagine any history of the Afghan war - a war unnecessary and unjust, nor the history of the last years of Soviet power, finally shattered by the war. Inescapable sorrow of mothers' zinc boys ", it is clear their desire to know the truth about how and why he fought and died in Afghanistan of their sons. But knowing this truth, many of them were terrified abandoned it. Book Svetlana Aleksievich condemned "for libel" - the most real court, the prosecutor, public prosecutors and support groups in power in the press. The materials of this shameful process are also included in the new edition of Zinc Boys.

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Personen: Aleksievič, Svjatlana Aljaksandraŭna