Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts

by B. George Hewitt

The 2008 Georgian-Russian war focused the world's attention on the Caucasus. South Ossetia and Abkhazia had been de facto independent since the early 1990s. However, Russia's granting of recognition on 26 August 2008 changed regional dynamics.

The Caucasus is one of the most ethnically diverse areas on earth, and the conflicts examined here present their own complexities. This book sets the issues in their historical and political contexts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004248927
• ISBN13: 9789004248922
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"