Georgia Diary - A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Goltz Klappentext Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union! the Republic of Georgia fell prey to a series of power struggles! rampant crime and corruption! secessionist wars! and the spillover of the war in neighboring Chechnya. This book presents the author's experiences in the strife-ridden Republic of Georgia. Zusammenfassung First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor Francis, an informa company. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps; * Preface; * Acknowledgments; Prologue: A (New) Caucasian Chalk Circle (or: There Dwell Dragons); Part One; 1. The Quest for Gamsakhurdia; 2. Blinking Briefly at a Complex History; 3. The Rise, Rule, Retirement, and Return of the Silver Fox; 4. The Fall of Zugdidi; Part Two; 5. An Iberian Interregnum; 6. (Muslim) Georgia on My Mind; 7. Storm Clouds over Sukhumi; 8. The Wretched Riviera and the Death of a Friend; Part Three; 9. Sarajevo by the Sea; 10. Black Sea Refugee; 11. Aftermath in the Mountains; Part Four; 12. Chaos in the Caucasus; 13. Bridge Across the Inguri; A Never-Ending Epilogue (or: Trying to Close a Chalk Circle); Index.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Goltz, Goltz Thomas
• Publisher: Sharpe
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2009
• EAN: 9780765624161
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-2416-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, True war & combat stories, Georgia, HISTORY / Military / General, Memoirs, True war and combat stories, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs