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The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Causes and Implications
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Michael P. Croissant
Book Code: C6241
ISBN: 0-275-96241-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96241-8
192 pages, maps
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The book is written in a style pleasing to both historiographers and international relations area specialists alike. In a topic area often fraught with information distorted by the political sympathies of journalists and academics, Croissant is able to carefully extract the facts necessary to produce a detailed and theoretically sound account of a long term and highly complex socio-political conflict.
    —Terrorism & Politcal Violence ,Vol10, #4, 1998     January-March 2001
  • Croissant's exhaustively footnoted study provides a real perspective to the conflict in the Caucasus.
    —Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy
  • It is a well written and well organised survey of the history of the conflict, which makes good use of the available secondary sources....[A] welcome synthesis of much of the existing literature on the subject, which can claime few booklength studies....Croissant's book is an excellent survey which will give readers unfamiliar with the Karabakh dispute a working knowledge of the major issues and players.
    —Survival
  • An interesting book with good sketches.
    —The journal of the United Service Institution of India
Description: The ten-year conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been one of the bloodiest and most intractable disputes to emerge from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Animosity that developed between the Armenians and Azeris under czarist Russian rule was fueled by the rise of a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region for which both peoples feel an intense nationalistic affinity. The attachment of the region to Azerbaijan by Stalin in 1923 became a source of deep resentment for the Armenians, and during the rule of Gorbachev, a campaign was begun to achieve the peaceful unification of Armenia and Karabakh. Azerbaijan resisted the move as a threat to its territorial integrity, and clashes that broke out soon escalated into a full-scale war that outlived the USSR itself. Although a cease-fire has been observed since May, 1994, a peaceful settlement to the conflict has been elusive. Meanwhile, by right of both the strategic location and resources and the unique security characteristics of the Transcaucasus, major external powers--Russia, Turkey, and Iran--have sought to influence the dispute according to their geopolitical interests. With the growth of interest in the oil riches of the Caspian Sea and the increasing engagement of Western countries, including the United States, the risks and implications of renewed violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan will grow. This major study will be of interest to students, scholars, and policymakers involved with international relations, military affairs, and the Transcaucasus.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical Origins of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
  • The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, 1988-1991
  • Changing Regional Dynamics in the Post-Soviet Period
  • The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, 1992-1994
  • The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Since 1994
  • Future Prospects and Conclusions
  • Appendixes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-5238
LCC Class: DK699
Dewey Class: 947
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