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