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Contents Author’s Note ix Two Maps, of the South Caucasus and of Nagorny Karabakh xii–xiii Introduction: Crossing the Line 1 1 February 1988: An Armenian Revolt 10 2 February 1988: Azerbaijan: Puzzlement and Pogroms 29 3 Shusha: The Neighbors’ Tale 45 4 1988–1989: An Armenian Crisis 55 5 Yerevan: Mysteries of the East 73 6 1988–1990: An Azerbaijani Tragedy 82 7 Baku: An Eventful History 96 8 1990–1991: A Soviet Civil War 108 9 Divisions: A Twentieth-Century Story 125 10 Hurekavank: The Unpredictable Past 145 11 August 1991–May 1992: War Breaks Out 159 12 Shusha: The Last Citadel 184 13 June 1992–September 1993: Escalation 194 14 Sabirabad: The Children’s Republic 217 15 September 1993–May 1994: Exhaustion 225 16 Stepanakert: A State Apart 241 17 1994–2001: No War, No Peace 251 Conclusion: Sadakhlo: The Future 269 vii Appendix 1: Statistics 284 Appendix 2: Chronology 287 Notes 299 Bibliography 321 Index 327 About the Author 337 All illustrations appear as a group following p. 114. viii CONTENTS ...

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