Stephen D. Shenfield’s The Circassians: A Forgotten Genocide? examines the destruction and forced displacement of the Circassian people during the Russian conquest of the Northwest Caucasus in the nineteenth century. The study traces the history of Circassia, the prolonged Russo-Circassian War (1763–1864), and the policies of mass deportation, village destruction, and population removal that culminated in the near-elimination of the Circassians from their ancestral homeland. Drawing upon historical accounts and contemporary scholarship, Shenfield argues that the events surrounding the final phase of the war constitute one of the earliest large-scale cases of ethnic cleansing and genocide in modern history. The article also highlights the lasting demographic, cultural, and political consequences of the Circassian tragedy, emphasizing the marginal place it occupies in global historical memory despite its immense human cost.