TY - BOOK ID - 352494 TI - The Caucasus : an introduction. PY - 2010 SN - 9780195399769 0195399765 9780195399776 0195399773 PB - Oxford Oxford university press DB - UniCat KW - Caucasus Region KW - Russia KW - Soviet Union KW - Politics and government. KW - History. KW - Relations KW - Politics and government KW - History KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - Caucasus KW - #SBIB:328H263 KW - Instellingen en beleid: andere GOS-staten KW - Caucasia KW - Caucasus Mountains KW - Kavkaz KW - Caucase KW - Russie KW - URSS KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Histoire KW - Советский Союз KW - Ber. ha-M. KW - Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich KW - ZSRR KW - Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Sowieckich KW - ZSRS KW - Szovjetunió KW - TSRS KW - Tarybų Socialistinių Respublikų Sąjunga KW - SRSR KW - Soi︠u︡z Radi︠a︡nsʹkykh Sot︠s︡ialistychnykh Respublik KW - SSSR KW - Soi︠u︡z Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik KW - UdSSR KW - Shūravī KW - Ittiḥād-i Jamāhīr-i Ishtirākīyah-i Shūrāʼīyah KW - Russia (1923- U.S.S.R.) KW - Sovetskiy Soyuz KW - Soyuz SSR KW - Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z KW - Soi︠u︡z SSR KW - Uni Sovjet KW - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics KW - USSR KW - SSṚM KW - Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Ṛespublikaneri Miutʻyun KW - SSHM KW - Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Hanrapetutʻyunneri Miutʻyun KW - Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas KW - Berit ha-Moʻatsot KW - Rusyah KW - Ittiḥād al-Sūfiyītī KW - Rusiyah KW - Rusland KW - Soṿet-Rusland KW - Uni Soviet KW - Union soviétique KW - Zȯvlȯlt Kholboot Uls KW - Związek Radziecki KW - ESSD KW - Sahaphāp Sōwīat KW - KhSHM KW - SSR Kavširi KW - Russland KW - SNTL KW - PSRS KW - Su-lien KW - Sobhieṭ Ẏuniẏana KW - FSSR KW - Unione Sovietica KW - Ittiḥād-i Shūravī KW - Soviyat Yūniyan KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - Rossīi︠a︡ KW - Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ KW - Russia (Provisional government, 1917) KW - Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) KW - Ṛusastan KW - Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) KW - Russian Empire KW - Rosja KW - Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) KW - Caucasus Region - Politics and government KW - Caucasus Region - History KW - Caucasus Region - Relations - Russia KW - Russia - Relations - Caucasus Region KW - Caucasus Region - Relations - Soviet Union KW - Soviet Union - Relations - Caucasus Region UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:352494 AB - In this well-researched and 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 Cauc ER -