Not on the Map : The Peculiar Histories of De Facto States

This book analyzes how de facto states-including Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Kosovo, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Taiwan-have developed without recognition of sovereignty from the international community. [Publisher's text]

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