The Post-Soviet Wars by Christoph Zurcher - 9780814797099

The Post-Soviet WarsRebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Caucasus\nAuthor(s): Christoph Zurcher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814797099, 978-0814797099\nSynopsis\nA brief history of the Caucusus region during and after the Post-Soviet Wars\n The Post-Soviet Wars is a comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucusus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan. Zrcher's goal is to understand the origin and nature of the violence in these regions, the response and suppression from the post-Soviet regime and the resulting outcomes, all with an eye toward understanding why some conflicts turned violent, whereas others not. Notably, in Dagestan actual violent conflict has not erupted, an exception of political stability for the region. The book provides a brief history of the region, particularly the collapse of the Soviet Union an.