The mysteries of the Caucasus
By: Dorota Gierycz
Publisher: Xlibris Corp
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [U.S.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781453556870; 9781453556887; 9781453556894
Subjects: Politics and government; Political violence; Ethnic relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259).
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Welcome to the Aitar Hotel; title: Abkhazia : the illusion of freedom; title: Country roads; title: The Aitar women; title: Displaced and abandoned; title: Dachas of the Communist bosses; title: Of peacocks and swans; title: Sochi; title: Gori and Stalin's birthplace; title: Kodori Gorge; title: Smiling faces; title: Maria; title: Sergio : death in Baghdad; title: The Caucasian roulette; title: Tbilisi, mon amour; title: Kitty; title: Shevardnadze : hero of perestroika or "Silver Fox" of the Caucasus?; title: Rose Revolution or masquerade?; title: Shevardnadze : an afterword; title: Russia, Georgia, and their leaders; title: UNOMIG : mission impossible; title: Abashidze and the Council of Europe : an odd alliance; title: Democracy of the Fist : the Georgian crisis of 2007; title: The summer of Olympics, 2008; title: The Rose Revolution : six years on; title: Feeling abandoned : the international community; title: In the Opposition Club; title: Epilogue; title: Selected bibliography; title: Abbreviations; title: About the author.