Title: Overview of history in the region of Azerbaijan
Product review: 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.
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