Thomas de Waal. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War. New York, NYU Press, 2013.

"Brilliant." ― Time "Admirable, rigorous. De Waal [is] a wise and patient reporter." ― The New York Review of Books "This book is a major milestone in the Western scholarship on Karabakh." ― Armenian Freedom Network "Never have all the twists and turns, sad carnage, and bullheadedness on all sides been better described-or, indeed, better explained . . . Offers a deeper and more compelling account of the conflict than anyone before." ― Foreign Affairs "This book is helpful because in order to craft a final resolution to the conflict, one must understand what events transpired in the first place. De Waal's book significantly contributes to this purpose and establishes itself as one of the standard works for understanding this conflict." ― Parameters