Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index.
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Part I : pre-independent Georgia -- Why Georgia? -- Before the Caucasus -- The mountains of poetry -- Kazbegi -- The mountain -- Kazbegi to Tbilisi -- Tbilisi -- Mtskheta -- Gori -- Vardzia -- Kakheti -- Svaneti -- Sukhumi -- Part II : independent Georgia -- The eve of independence -- The young shoots of war -- Batumi -- Khevsureti -- Georgia's war : a return to Sukhumi -- A religious revival -- Kutaisi -- New Georgia -- The Rose Revolution -- A walk in Tusheti.