{"product_id":"the-44-day-war-9780755653461","title":"The 44-Day War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 was a major armed conflict between the two modern, regular armies of Armenia and Azerbaijan.\u003c\/b\u003e This open access book examines the causes and consequences of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first part of the book includes chapters discussing why the ceasefire regime failed after long twenty-six years, international mediation and diplomacy, the geopolitical tensions, Armenia’s failure to anticipate the coming war, and the emergence of autocratic rule in Azerbaijan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part of the book looks at international actors, including the surprising behaviour of Russia, the Turkish role and interests, and the lack of American Christian solidarity towards Armenians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe third part of the book looks at the consequences of the war, including the post-war diplomatic initiatives, the dramatic failure of the Russian peacekeeping mission leading to the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, and a comparative study of Nagorno-Karabakh with the Russia-Ukraine wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding specialists from various disciplines and from several countries, the book sheds light on the Second Karabakh War, the future of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and places it in the broader international context of a new era of inter-state wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933270360300,"sku":"9780755653461","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780755653461-the-44-day-war.jpg?v=1783864198","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-44-day-war-9780755653461","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}