The Caucasus
An Introduction
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- Kiadó OUP USA
- Megjelenés dátuma 2010. október 7.
- ISBN 9780195399769
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem272 oldal
- Méret 228x161x25 mm
- Súly 576 g
- Nyelv angol
- Illusztrációk 16 b/w illus. 0
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Rövid leírás:
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan and the breakaway territories within them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, intimidating the first-time visitor with their multi-layered history, ethnic complexity, and seemingly intractable conflicts. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus has captured international attention again because of its role in disputes between the West and Russia, its unresolved ethnic conflicts, and its role as a
crucial energy transport corridor to Europe. The Caucasus is an essential guide to the region, covering its history, Russia's role there from tsarist times to the Soviet era, its energy politics, and Georgia's extraordinary recent past from the 2003 Rose Revolution to the Five-Day War of
2008.
Hosszú leírás:
In this fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal—author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden—makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia. The five-day war in Georgia, which flared into a major international crisis in 2008, proves that this is still a combustible region, whose inner dynamics and history deserve a much more complex appreciation from the wider world.
In The Caucasus, de Waal provides this richer, deeper, and much-needed appreciation, one that reveals that the South Caucasus—Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and their many smaller regions, enclaves, and breakaway entities—is a fascinating and distinct world unto itself. Providing both historical background and an insightful analysis of the period after 1991, de Waal sheds light on how the region has been scarred by the tumultuous scramble for independence and the three major
conflicts that broke out with the end of the Soviet Union—Nagorny Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. The book examines the region as a major energy producer and exporter; offers a compelling account of the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the rise of Mikheil Saakashvili, and the August 2008 war; and considers the
failure of the South Caucasus, thus far, to become a single viable region. In addition, the book features a dozen or so "boxes" which provide brief snapshots of such fascinating side topics as the Kurds, Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, the promotion of the region as the "Soviet Florida," and the most famous of all Georgians, Stalin.
The Caucasus delivers a vibrantly written and timely account of this turbulent region, one that will prove indispensable for all concerned with world politics. It is, as well, a stimulating read for armchair travelers and for anyone curious about far-flung corners of the world.
If ever there was a place that needed a competent and even-tempered guide, this was it. Mr de Waal provides one...It is refreshing - almost startling - to read a book of the Caucasus with such a cool, dispassionate take....De Waal's book is welcome now, and most useful. Ir one of the wars flares up again, it will be essential.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Dedicaton
Author's Note
Introduction
1. Among the Mountains
2. Russia's South
3. The Soviet Caucasus
4. Armenia and Azerbaijan: An Intimate Quarrel
5. Georgia: Nationalism and War
6. Caspian Energy and Caucasian Corridors
7. Rebirth, Rose Revolution and Conflict in Georgia
Conclusion: Making a Region
Chronology
Bibliographic references
Notes
Index
