Books by Thomas de Waal
Journalist and author Thomas de Waal is a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment. De Waal is an acknowledged expert on the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus. His most recent book Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide was published in January 2015 by the Oxford University Press.
The Caucasus
by Thomas de Waal
It’s more or less a textbook. If you don’t know anything about the region and you want to have the basic knowledge before you go there then you should read this book. You get the politics, the problems and the analysis.
Interviews with Thomas de Waal
Memoirs of the Armenian Genocide, recommended by Thomas de Waal
More than 100 years after the Armenian genocide, author Tom de Waal chooses books that sidestep the politics and bring us back to the human story. He picks the best memoirs of the Armenian genocide.
The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus, recommended by Thomas de Waal
Acknowledged expert on the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus selects five books that encapsulate the fragility of the region and the impact of the desperate scramble for the spoils of the Soviet Union
Interviews where books by Thomas de Waal were recommended
The best books on Georgia and the Caucasus, recommended by Per Gahrton
‘Most people still live rather primitively, and that is not good from a purely economic point of view, but it’s very charming and the food is wonderful.’
