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The Caucasus: Playground for war
Oct 21st 2010 A beautiful fought-over regionThe Caucasus: An Introduction. By Thomas de Waal. Oxford University Press; 259 pages; $18.95 and £12.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukTHE area between the Black Sea and the Caspian is beautiful, fertile, mountainous—and much fought over, most recently in August 2008 when Russia and Georgia went to war. This was [...]
Oct 22nd, 2010 | Filed under UncategorizedTags: Caucasus, Playground