The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule

by Alex Marshall

Book Overview

The Caucasus is a strategically and economically important region in contemporary global affairs. Western interest in the Caucasus has grown rapidly since 1991, fuelled by the admixture of oil politics, great power rivalry, ethnic separatism and terrorism that characterizes the region. However, until now there has been little understanding of how these issues came to assume the importance they have today.

This book argues that understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415410126
• ISBN13: 9780415410120
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"