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The terrible conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan from 1988-1994 is not only over a decade old, it is over a decade "cold". That terrible and traumatic conflict, which caused somewhere between twenty and thirty thousand deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries and spawned some one million refugees (the vast majority being Azerbaijani) seems to have been swept off the international map, and relegated to the OSCE negotiating process and the vagaries of closed-door international politics.More than ten years have passed, and the million-odd displaced citizens of Azerbaijan would still seem to be at more or less the same point: no going home, and little if any international interest in resolving the crisis.Which brings us back to the collection of essays at hand, written by a collection of international experts and observers on diverse aspects of the Karabakh conflict.The casual reader might ask: What importance or impact could any or all of these apparently dated essays on the Karabakh Question possible have on the reality on the ground in 2007? One was written in 1997; another in 1999; still another in 2002 and yet another in 2004; one even dates to 1918.Then why include them at all?Well, almost each and every issue brought up in the essays on the 'Karabakh Problem' in this collection remain as real today as they were five, ten, twenty or even almost ninety-years ago.The editors hope that this diverse collection of writing will also contribute to greater knowledge of the most salient elements of the history of the Karabakh conflict, and keeping it in front of the public eye. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from History Behind the Headlines, Vols. 1-6, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 7375 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Presents in-depth information on conflicts appearing in today's headlines. Users are provided with historical background and analysis to events to give a greater understanding of the politics, players, and layers of current affairs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 437 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 611 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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Title: Nagorno-Karabakh in limbo.
Author: Benjamin A.T. Graham
Publication: Middle East Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Middle East Forum
Volume: 16Issue: 4Page: NA

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Customer Reviews (4)

Overview of history in the region of Azerbaijan
I just finished reading this book and although it has been written at the end of the millenium, the book hasn't lost any urgency describing the difficulties Azerbaijan and the Azeri people face. Most people in the West tend to ignore the legacy the Soviet Union has left behind and this has led to many errors in the field of economy and diplomacy in the past decades. Charles van der Leeuw is much more aware of these historical factors and his description of the Karabakh conflict is a refreshing one. He is able to point to many, nowadays all but forgotten errors of judgement made by the UN and OSCE, but also by Russia and other powers involved in the South Caucasus. It is a shame this work was never followed up with more insightful books on Azerbaijan, because this is badly needed.

great book; and yes, ignore the review by "lusine"
This is a great book about azerbaijani nation. Regarding the revue by 'lusine', I totally support C. Anderson's point. She seems to be emotional about the whole Azerbaijani-Armenian thing and therefore cannot be objective in her review.

Ignore the Previous Review
Each side of the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia has totaly politized the history of this area.This book is a decent attempt to parse the history of this politicially contentious area.It seems that the previous review disagrees with the Mr. van der Leeuw's attempt at neutrality.

Anecdotal Errors or Deliberate Political Propaganda?
Mr. Van Der Leeuw's book is incredibly clear in one thing - his enviable ability to turn a deaf ear and a blind eye.The worst breech of one's responsibility as a scholar is the inability to record objective reality, a failure that is in itself remarkable in the book.Aside from all the overt signs of successful braiwashing that the author has apparently undergone by his Azeri counterparts, he makes such glaring historical and political errors in the book that even a person with no background in history or political science (such as myself) will immediately pick up on them.The range of errors is almost anecdotal, I have never read a book that makes so many on such few pages.I would recommend that Mr. Van Der Leeuw consults a few relatively objective sources - beginning with a simple Britannica consultation about basic facts in the region and revises the book, unless amusement and harmless ironization is the objective of his writing. ... Read more

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Excellent book that I came acroos quite some time ago. Very accurate description of the music of Azerbaijan, the nation in the Caucasus. I learned a lot. ... Read more

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Large (19 X 26 cm.), 32 page softcover, with 49 color illustrations of costumes, and text in Russian, English and French. ... Read more