"Highlanders: A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory"

"Highlanders: A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory"

Mention the Caucasus (COCK-uh-sus) mountains, and most people only know about the war in Chechnya (CHECH-nee-ah). But with multiple languages and ethnicities, there's a much bigger story to be told. How memory and geography define the...

Mention the Caucasus (COCK-uh-sus) mountains, and most people only know about the war in Chechnya (CHECH-nee-ah). But with multiple languages and ethnicities, there's a much bigger story to be told. How memory and geography define the extraordinary people who live in the Caucasus region.

Guests

Yo'av Karny

journalist; author, "Highlanders: A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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