Professor Illuminates History of Modern Caucasus - Georgetown College

Rising at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, the Caucasus mountains lay inside the Soviet Union for most of the twentieth century, before movements of national liberation created newly independent countries and sparked the devastating war in Chechnya. In his new book, The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus (Oxford University Press, 2008), Ion Ratiu Professor of Romanian Studies and Professor of International Affairs and Government Charles King presents the first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to the rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse.