Cover; Contents; Glossary of Terms; 1 Introduction, Methodology and Structure; 2 The Ethnic Past and Myths of Ethnogenesis in Transcaucasia; 3 The Origins of the Conflict in the Later Russian Empire; 5 The Impact of the Soviet Nationalities Policy and the Emergence of Dissident Nationalism in Transcaucasia; 6 Ethnic Mobilization and the Emergence of the Karabakh Movement (1985-9); 7 From Escalation to Open Warfare (1991-4); Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book examines the underlying factors of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the South Caucasus from 1905 to 1994, and explores the ways in which issues of ethnicity and nationalism contributed to that conflict. The author examines the historiography and politics of the conflict, and the historical, territorial and ethnic dimensions which contributed to the dynamics of the war
