The international politics of Central Asia
Central Asia is a fascinating region yet remote and unfamiliar to many people. This new study provides an introduction to the politics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkestan, and Uzbekistan. -- .
Print Book, English, ©1997
Manchester University Press, Manchester, England, ©1997
x, 225 p. : mapas ; 21 cm.
9780719043734, 9780719043727, 0719043735, 0719043727
318174152
Russia in Turkestan - the struggle for political control, 1865-1924; Central Asia's Soviet experience; the perestroika years; rebuilding the political order; laying the economic basis for independence; the search for identity - national building and the Islamic factor; Islam, ethnicity and regional conflict - the case of Tajikistan; the international politics of Central Asia.