Zurcher also rejects any direct link between national mobilization and organized violence inter ethnic tensions would turn into sustained and organized violence if only there were sufficient organization resources an opportunity and leadership by organizers of violencefor zurcher the caucasian internal wars were caused by the destructive mechanism of soviet ethno federalism which afforded privileges to the titular nations of the autonomous regions the armenians of nagorny karabakh . The post soviet wars rebellion ethnic conflict and nationhood in the caucasus by christoph zurcher new york and london new york university press 2007 xii 289 pp us4800 isbn 13 978 0 814. Request pdf on dec 1 2009 ara sanjian published the post soviet wars rebellion ethnic conflict and nationhood in the caucasus find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The post soviet wars rebellion ethnic conflict and nationhood in the caucasus zurcher christoph 9780814797099 books amazonca. The post soviet wars rebellion ethnic conflict and nationhood in the caucasus christoph zurcher the post soviet wars is a comparative account of the organized violence in the caucusus region looking at four key areas chechnya armenia azerbaijan georgia and dagestan zurchers goal is to understand the origin and nature of the violence in