The Caucasus: An Introduction

Thomas de Waal (Senior Associate, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

The Caucasus: An Introduction
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Published
15 December 2018
Pages
320
ISBN
9780190683092

The Caucasus: An Introduction

Thomas de Waal (Senior Associate, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

This new edition of The Caucasus is a thorough update of an essential guide that has introduced thousands of readers to a complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the break-away territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, impressing the visitor with their multi-layered history and ethnic complexity. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus region has captured international attention again because of disputes between the West and Russia, its unresolved conflicts, and its role as an energy transport corridor to Europe. The Caucasus gives the reader a historical overview and an authoritative guide to the three conflicts that have blighted the region. Thomas de Waal tells the story of the Five-Day War between Georgia and Russia and recent political upheavals in all three countries. He also finds time to tell the reader about Georgian wine, Baku jazz and how the coast of Abkhazia was known as Soviet Florida. Short, stimulating and rich in detail, The Caucasus is the perfect guide to this fascinating and little-understood region.

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