Showing Black Sea by Neal Ascherson

The Black Sea Evokes the culture, history and politics of the region which surrounds the Black Sea. This book recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea; and in our own century the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, striving for mastery of the shores of the Black Sea. Full description