Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 18281921 (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History)

The Caucasus region, which forms a natural boundary between Asia and Europe, has always been of great strategic importance. Russia's expansion into the region in the late eighteenth century brought conflict with the Ottoman Empire, creating a new area of contention between these two states, and the borderlands remained in a state of intermittent conflict until the end of the First World War. This volume, first published in 1953, discusses the four major conflicts which took place in the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on military strategy, the book describes in great detail battles, skirmishes and logistical problems of warfare in a mountainous and remote region. Illustrated with thirty-nine maps, it provides a wealth of information for military historians and remains an authoritative account. The Caucasus region has always been of great strategic importance. First published in 1953, this volume analyses the four major conflicts which took place in the region between 1828 and 1921. Illustrated with thirty-nine maps, it provides a wealth of information for military historians.