@article{351558,
      recid = {351558},
      author = {De Waal, Thomas.},
      title = {The Caucasus an introduction / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {Oxford ;},
      pages = {1 online resource (ix, 259 p.) :},
      year = {2010},
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351558},
}