02716oam 2200541M 450 991079821210332120230808192800.01-315-83606-81-317-86975-31-317-86974-5(CKB)3710000000654210(EBL)4517545(MiAaPQ)EBC4517545(Au-PeEL)EBL4517545(CaPaEBR)ebr11204937(CaONFJC)MIL919128(OCoLC)948604289(OCoLC)953862965(OCoLC)948774140(OCoLC)993759583(OCoLC-P)953862965(FlBoTFG)9781315836065(EXLCZ)99371000000065421020160517d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAfghanistan and Central Asia a Modern History /Martin MccauleyRoutledge,2016.1 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-15999-9 0-582-50614-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 violenceCentral AsiaPost-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; INDEXHISTORYGeneralbisacshAsia, CentralHistoryAfghanistanHistoryHISTORYGeneral.958McCauley Martin241711OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910798212103321Afghanistan and Central Asia3685809UNINA