Black garden : Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war / Thomas de Waal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Waal, Thomas, author.

De Waal, Thomas, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994.

Armenia (Republic)--Relations--Azerbaijan.

Armenia (Republic).

Azerbaijan--Relations--Armenia (Republic).

Azerbaijan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

Tenth-year anniversary edition, revised and updated.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : New York University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Brilliant."- Time "Admirable, rigorous. De Waal [is] a wise and patient reporter."- The New York Review of Books "Never have all the twists and turns, sad carnage, and bullheadedness on all side been better described-or indeed, better explained...Offers a deeper and more compelling account of the conflict than anyone before."- Foreign Affairs Since its publication in 2003, the first edition of Black Garden has become the definitive study of how Armenia and Azerbaijan, two southern Soviet republics, were pulled into a conflict that helped bring them to independence, spell the end the S

Contents:

CONTENTS; Author's Note; Preface to the Revised Edition; Two Maps, of the South Caucasus and of Nagorny Karabakh xviii; Introduction: Crossing the Line; 1. February 1988: An Armenian Revolt; 2. February 1988: Azerbaijan: Puzzlement and Pogroms; 3. Shusha: The Neighbors' Tale; 4. 1988-1989: An Armenian Crisis; 5. Yerevan: Mysteries of the East; 6. 1988-1990: An Azerbaijani Tragedy; 7. Baku: An Eventful History; 8. 1990-1991: A Soviet Civil War; 9. Divisions: A Twentieth-Century Story; 10. Hurekavank: The Unpredictable Past; 11. August 1991-May 1992: War Breaks Out; 12. Shusha: The Last Citadel

13. June 1992-September 1993: Escalation14. Sabirabad: The Children's Republic; 15. September 1993-May 1994: Exhaustion; 16. Stepanakert: A State Apart; 17. 1994-2001: No War, No Peace; 18. Sadakhlo: "They Fight, We Don't"; 19. 2001-2012: Deadlock and Estrangement; Conclusion: Seeking Peace in Karabakh; Appendix 1: Statistics; Appendix 2: Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8147-7082-7

OCLC:

845257964