Restless Valley. Revolution, Murder and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia
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Autor: Shishkin Philip
Editura: Yale University Press
Limba: Engleza
Nr. pagini: 256
Coperta: Paperback
Dimensiuni: 23,5x15,6 cm
An aparitie: July 2014
It sounds like the stuff of a fiction thriller: two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil war, a drug-smuggling highway, brazen corruption schemes, contract hits, and larger-than-life characters who may be villains... or heroes... or possibly both. Yet this book is not a work of fiction. It is instead a gripping, first-hand account of Central Asia's unfolding history from 2005 to the present. Philip Shishkin, a prize-winning journalist with extensive on-the-ground experience in the tumultuous region above Afghanistan's northern border, focuses mainly on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Both nations have struggled with the enormous challenges of post-Soviet independent statehood; both became entangled in America's Afghan campaign when U.S. military bases were established within their borders. At the same time, the region was developing into a key smuggling hub for Afghanistan's booming heroin trade. Through the eyes of local participants – the powerful and the powerless – Shishkin reconstructs how Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have ricocheted between extreme repression and democratic strivings, how alliances with the U.S. and Russia have brought mixed blessings, and how Stalin's legacy of ethnic gerrymandering incites conflict even now.
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An aparitie | July 2014 |
Autor | Shishkin Philip |
Dimensiuni | 23,5x15,6 cm |
Editura | Yale University Press |
Format | Paperback |
Limba | Engleza |
Nr pag | 256 |
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