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Autore: | McCauley Martin |
Titolo: | Afghanistan and Central Asia : a Modern History / / Martin Mccauley |
Pubblicazione: | Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina: | 958 |
Soggetto topico: | HISTORY - General |
Soggetto geografico: | Asia, Central History |
Afghanistan History | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 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 | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Afghanistan and Central Asia |
ISBN: | 1-315-83606-8 |
1-317-86975-3 | |
1-317-86974-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798212103321 |
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