LEADER 04060oam 2200601M 450 001 9910965756703321 005 20251117071931.0 010 $a1-315-83606-8 010 $a1-317-86975-3 010 $a1-317-86974-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000654210 035 $a(EBL)4517545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4517545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4517545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11204937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL919128 035 $a(OCoLC)948604289 035 $a(OCoLC)953862965$z(OCoLC)948774140$z(OCoLC)993759583 035 $a(OCoLC-P)953862965 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315836065 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB138266 035 $a(BIP)63471537 035 $a(BIP)58780990 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000654210 100 $a20160517d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfghanistan and Central Asia $ea Modern History /$fMartin Mccauley 210 1$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-138-15999-9 311 08$a0-582-50614-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aCentral 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; INDEX 330 $a  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. Carved up and fought over by the British and Tsarist Russia in the nineteenth century, and under Soviet domination for much of the twentieth, the lonely passes, deserts and peoples of the five Central Asian republics have remained shrouded in obscurity. Even Afghanistan, the site of almost constant conflict since the Soviet invasion of 1978, is little known beyond the media images of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement. Martin McCauley draws on his vast knowledge of the region and its history to provide a clear and highly readable account of Afghanistan and the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tasikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, from their medieval pasts to the unpredictable present. Illuminating languages and landscapes, cultures and society, he examines the rise of militant Islam and its impact on the region, the push and pull of global economics and politics, and possibilities for stability in an inherently unstable part of the world. 606 $aHISTORY$xGeneral$2bisacsh 607 $aAsia, Central$xHistory 607 $aAfghanistan$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY$xGeneral. 676 $a958 676 $a958 700 $aMcCauley$b Martin$0241711 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965756703321 996 $aAfghanistan and Central Asia$94472905 997 $aUNINA