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Afghanistan and Central Asia : A Modern History.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317869757
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Afghanistan and Central AsiaDDC classification:
  • 958
LOC classification:
  • DS329.4 -- .M333 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- GLOSSARY -- WHO'S WHO -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- MAPS -- ONE INTRODUCTION -- Afghanistan -- Central Asia -- The Mongols -- The Russians come -- The Communists come -- Stalin's revolution -- The 1970s: Uzbekistan -- Khrushchev and the Virgin Lands -- The Great Uzbek cotton scandal -- Cometh the hour, cometh Gorbachev -- The Russians go -- A new dawn -- TWO THE ECONOMY: BIG BUCKS AND WHO GETS THEM? -- Afghanistan -- Central Asia -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- THREE ISLAM AND TERRORISM -- Afghanistan -- Taliban -- Islam and violence -- Central Asia -- Post-communism or return to the past -- Islamic terrorists or drug smugglers? -- The battle of Batken -- The insurgents return -- The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan -- Conclusions -- FOUR THE GREAT GAME: THE POWERS VIE FOR PRIMACY -- Afghanistan: the cockpit -- Central Asia -- China -- Russia -- Pipelines -- Peacekeeping -- Iran -- Turkey -- United States -- Pakistan -- FIVE II SEPTEMBER 2001 AND ALL THAT -- Afghanistan -- II September 2001 -- Putin's game -- US secret alliance in Central Asia -- Russian aid decisive -- The US and oil -- The end of the Taliban? -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- INDEX.
Summary: The Afghan crisis has grabbed the attention of the entire world, and underlined the desperate need in the West for a better understanding of the region and its challenges in the face of increasingly militant interpretations of Islam. Covering Afghanistan and the Islamic crescent of ex-Soviet republics - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Martin McCauley draws on his vast knowledge of the region to provide a clear introduction to its history and its people.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- GLOSSARY -- WHO'S WHO -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- MAPS -- ONE INTRODUCTION -- Afghanistan -- Central Asia -- The Mongols -- The Russians come -- The Communists come -- Stalin's revolution -- The 1970s: Uzbekistan -- Khrushchev and the Virgin Lands -- The Great Uzbek cotton scandal -- Cometh the hour, cometh Gorbachev -- The Russians go -- A new dawn -- TWO THE ECONOMY: BIG BUCKS AND WHO GETS THEM? -- Afghanistan -- Central Asia -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- THREE ISLAM AND TERRORISM -- Afghanistan -- Taliban -- Islam and violence -- Central Asia -- Post-communism or return to the past -- Islamic terrorists or drug smugglers? -- The battle of Batken -- The insurgents return -- The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan -- Conclusions -- FOUR THE GREAT GAME: THE POWERS VIE FOR PRIMACY -- Afghanistan: the cockpit -- Central Asia -- China -- Russia -- Pipelines -- Peacekeeping -- Iran -- Turkey -- United States -- Pakistan -- FIVE II SEPTEMBER 2001 AND ALL THAT -- Afghanistan -- II September 2001 -- Putin's game -- US secret alliance in Central Asia -- Russian aid decisive -- The US and oil -- The end of the Taliban? -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- INDEX.

The Afghan crisis has grabbed the attention of the entire world, and underlined the desperate need in the West for a better understanding of the region and its challenges in the face of increasingly militant interpretations of Islam. Covering Afghanistan and the Islamic crescent of ex-Soviet republics - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Martin McCauley draws on his vast knowledge of the region to provide a clear introduction to its history and its people.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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