For anyone looking to learn more about Chechnya regardless of whether it's linked to these attacks, I'd highly recommend Sebastian Smith's "Allah's Mountains: T

For anyone looking to learn more about Chechnya regardless of whether it's linked to these attacks, I'd highly recommend Sebastian Smith's "Allah's Mountains: The Battle for Chechnya". For wider reading on the region, I thoroughly enjoyed Oliver Bollough's "Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus", a nice blend of travelogue and history from the journalist who was Reuters' correspondent in the caucasus throughout the late 90s and early 2000s.