02527nam 2200601Ia 450 991034515250332120200520144314.097866122639729781282263970128226397897818618945641861894562(CKB)1000000000552291(EBL)368657(OCoLC)437236590(SSID)ssj0000341068(PQKBManifestationID)11267224(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341068(PQKBWorkID)10389011(PQKB)11616553(MiAaPQ)EBC368657(Perlego)2854473(EXLCZ)99100000000055229120070510d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOil, Islam and conflict Central Asia since 1945 /Rob JohnsonLondon Reaktion20071 online resource (274 p.)Contemporary worldsDescription based upon print version of record.9781861893390 1861893396 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-264) and index.Cover; Imprint page; Contents page; Regional map; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; References; Select Bibliiography; IndexThe Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan while Chechnya still struggles under a shadow of violence, and the nations surrounding them are barely more stable. Add in the significant reserves scattered throughout Central Asia and you have a volatile political cocktail that makes the region, in Rob Johnson's words, the "new Middle East." In Oil, Islam and Conflict, Johnson provides an essential analysis of the region's tumultuous history and uncertain future.Johnson examines the problems that have plagued the region, including civil wars in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and burgeoning Islamist terroriContemporary worlds.Islam and politicsAsia, Central20th centuryAsia, CentralPolitics and governmentIslam and politics958.042958.0429Johnson Robert1967-870145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910345152503321Oil, Islam and conflict1942641UNINA