Oil, Islam and conflict [[electronic resource] ] : Central Asia since 1945 / / Rob Johnson
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| Autore: |
Johnson Robert <1967->
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| Titolo: |
Oil, Islam and conflict [[electronic resource] ] : Central Asia since 1945 / / Rob Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Reaktion, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 958.042 |
| 958.0429 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Islam and politics - Asia, Central - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Asia, Central Politics and government |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-264) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 terrori |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Oil, Islam and conflict |
| ISBN: | 1-282-26397-8 |
| 9786612263972 | |
| 1-86189-456-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910345152503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Contemporary worlds.