A brief history of the Caucusus region during and after the Post-Soviet Wars
The Post-Soviet Wars is a comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucusus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan. Zürcher's goal is to understand the origin and nature of the violence in these regions, the response and suppression from the post-Soviet regime and the resulting outcomes, all with an eye toward understanding why some conflicts turned violent, whereas others not. Notably, in Dagestan actual violent conflict has not erupted, an exception of political stability for the region. The book provides a brief history of the region, particularly the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting changes that took place in the wake of this toppling. Zürcher carefully looks at the conditions within each region-economic, ethnic, religious, and political-to make sense of why some turned to violent conflict and some did not and what the future of the region might portend.
This important volume provides both an overview of the region that is both up-to-date and comprehensive as well as an accessible understanding of the current scholarship on mobilization and violence.
| ISBN: | 9780814797242 |
| Publication date: | 8th October 2009 |
| Author: | Christoph Zürcher |
| Publisher: | NYU Press an imprint of New York University |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 287 pages |
| Genres: |
International relations Politics and government |
A brief history of the Caucusus region during and after the Post-Soviet Wars
The Post-Soviet Wars is a comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucusus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan. Zürcher's goal is to understand the origin and nature of the violence in these regions, the response and suppression from the post-Soviet regime and the resulting outcomes, all with an eye toward understanding why some conflicts turned violent, whereas others not. Notably, in Dagestan actual violent conflict has not erupted, an exception of political stability for the region. The book provides a brief history of the region, particularly the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting changes that took place in the wake of this toppling. Zürcher carefully looks at the conditions within each region-economic, ethnic, religious, and political-to make sense of why some turned to violent conflict and some did not and what the future of the region might portend.
This important volume provides both an overview of the region that is both up-to-date and comprehensive as well as an accessible understanding of the current scholarship on mobilization and violence.
The Post-Soviet Wars features in the following genres: International relations, Politics and government
The Post-Soviet Wars is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Post-Soviet Wars was written by Christoph Zürcher and published by NYU Press an imprint of New York University
The Post-Soviet Wars has 287 pages