The Making of a New Empire

The great strongmen of history exert a powerful grip on our imagination. From Cesar to Mao, they seem to embody the juiciest elements of Greek tragedy and remind us that we are all too susceptible to the truly charismatic. The Making of a New Empire introduces us to a new candidate for this pantheon of grand personalities: Khozh-Almed Noukhaev, leader of the Chechen independence movement that crushed the Russian army a few years ago.