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Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus

By Oliver Bullough

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2010
ISBN
0465021840, 9780465021840
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4092850 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
528\0
Time added
2014-12-03 01:20:01

Description

The jagged peaks of the Caucasus Mountains have hosted a rich history of diverse nations, valuable trade, and incessant warfare. But today the region is best known for atrocities in Chechnya and the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.In Let Our Fame Be Great, journalist and Russian expert Oliver Bullough explores the fascinating cultural crossroads of the Caucasus, where Europe, Asia, and the Middle East intersect. Traveling through its history, Bullough tracks down the nations dispersed by the region’s last two hundred years of brutal warfare. Filled with a compelling mix of archival research and oral history, Let Our Fame Be Great recounts the tenacious survival of peoples who have been relentlessly invaded and persecuted and yet woefully overlooked.

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