Wars in the Caucasus, 1990-1995 - Hardcover

O'Ballance, Edgar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814761925 ISBN 13: 9780814761922

Publisher: NYU Press, 1997

Synopsis

For many centuries, the mountainous Caucasus region was a strategic backwater, inhabited by insular peoples and tribes, where the raw edges of Christian and Muslim empires rubbed abrasively together. Most of the Caucasus was absorbed into the Russian empire in the 10th century; its 112 recognized nationalities were thus all eventually smothered by the Soviet Union, only to reemerge with a vengeance when the Soviet empire collapsed. In the 1990's, the saga of the Caucasus republics has been one of clashing war-lord militias, coups and international attention of now increasingly focused on the tension, particularly since the discovery of the vast Caspian-Azerbaijan oil fields, reputed to exceed those of Kuwait. A pithy, accessible account of recent developments in Chechnya and Georgia and of the ongoing Armenian-Azerbaujan ethnic conflict, Edgar O'Ballance's latest book is the perfect primer for those hoping to gain a basic understanding of this hot spot region.

About this title

Synopsis:

Addresses the conflicts within the Caucasus republics, and the re-emergence of the various nationalities since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Examines recent developments in Chechenya and Georgia, and of the Armenian-Azerbaijan ethnic conflict. The author predicts a dark future for the region, bu

About the Author:

Edgar O'Ballance is a free-lance journalist, a member of both the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies, and a former Chairman of the London-based Military Commentators' Circle.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0814761925
• ISBN 13: 9780814761922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268