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War and Peace in the Caucasus: Russia's Troubled Frontier

Door Vicken Cheterian

Categorie
Geschiedenis Rusland
Boeknummer
#269282
Titel
War and Peace in the Caucasus: Russia's Troubled Frontier
Auteur
Cheterian, Vicken
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London, Hurst & Company
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
185065929X
ISBN13
9781850659297
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Caucasus was wracked by ethnic and separatist violence as the peoples of the region struggled for self-determination. Vicken Cheterian, who spent many years as a reporter and analyst covering the region's conflicts, asks why nationalism emerged as a dominant political current, and why, of the many nationalist movements that emerged, some led to violence while others did not. He explains also why minority rebellions were victorious against larger armies, in mountainous Karabakh, Abkhazia, and in the first war of Chechnya, and discusses the ongoing instability and armed resistance in the North Caucasus. He concludes his book by examining chapters the great power competition between Russia, the US, and the EU over the oil and gas resources of the Cas... (Lees verder)pian region.
Pagina's
395
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 35,00

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