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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- On Words -- Chronology -- Maps -- Introduction: Nature's Bulwark -- ONE: EMPIRES AND BOUNDARIES -- Imperial Dreams -- Kings and Khans -- Life on the Line -- ''Ermolov Comes!'' -- Captives -- TWO: RULE AND RESISTANCE -- The Murid Way -- Raiding and Retribution -- The Imam and the Viceroy -- ''The Tribes that Remain'' -- THREE: THE IMAGINARY CAUCASUS -- Inventing the Highlander -- Prisoners, Superfluous Men, and Mopingers -- Convoy to Tiflis -- ''There Is Something to Be Gained on the Heights'' -- Eros and the Circassian -- FOUR: NATIONS AND REVOLUTIONS -- Bazaar and Boomtown -- The Uses of War -- Phantom Republics -- Exiles -- Cleansing -- FIVE: TIME OF TROUBLES -- Brothers and Rivals -- Land and Struggle -- Whose Nations? Whose States? -- The Tragic North -- Conclusion: Continental Shift -- Notes -- On Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Combining riveting storytelling with insightful analysis, The Ghost of Freedom is the first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to the rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse. In evocative and accessible prose, Charles King reveals how tsars, highlanders, revolutionaries, and adventurers have contributed to the fascinating history of this borderland, providing an indispensable guide to the complicated histories, politics, and cultures of this intriguing frontier. Based on new research in multiple languages, the book shows how the struggle for freedom in the mountains, hills, and plains of the Caucasus has been a perennial theme over the last two hundred years.