Inside Central Asia
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Inside Central Asia by D Hiro
The former Soviet republics of Central Asia comprise a sprawling, politically pivotal, densely populated, and richly cultured area of the world. Yet they remain poorly represented in libraries and mainstream media. Since their political inception during the rule of Joseph Stalin, they have experienced tremendous socio-political change. But despite this, the growth of oil wealth, the arrival of Western tourists and businessmen, and the competition for influence by the U.S., China and Russia, the spirit of Central Asia has remained untouched at its core. In this comprehensive up-to-date survey, renowned political writer and historian Dilip Hiro offers a lucid analytical narrative that places the present-day politics, economics and peoples of Central Asia and neighbouring Turkey and Iran into an international context. Given the strategic location of this region, its predominantly Muslim population, and its hydrocarbon and other valuable resources, it is not surprising that this vast expanse of Eurasia is emerging as one of the most potentially influential - and coveted - areas of the globe.
Hiro is a model political analystHis approach is as incorrigibly non-partisan as it is methodical * Sunday Times *
for readers who still get their -stans mixed up and don't know their inner Mongolia from their outer one - A detailed and nuanced overview... thorough and diligent... deliberately brings out themes of ethnic tensions, religious intolerance and struggle for political identity * Financial Times *
Hiro is a prolific author... this work is littered with perceptive points... This is a useful, well-researched, detailed and intelligent book * Jason Burke Literary Review *
Inside Central Asia is a conscientious guide to the region, full of dependable history-telling and analysis * Economist *
for readers who still get their -stans mixed up and don't know their inner Mongolia from their outer one - A detailed and nuanced overview... thorough and diligent... deliberately brings out themes of ethnic tensions, religious intolerance and struggle for political identity * Financial Times *
Hiro is a prolific author... this work is littered with perceptive points... This is a useful, well-researched, detailed and intelligent book * Jason Burke Literary Review *
Inside Central Asia is a conscientious guide to the region, full of dependable history-telling and analysis * Economist *
Dilip Hiro is the author of more than thirty books, including Blood of the Earth, War Without End, and Between Marx and Mohammad. He contributes regularly to the Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, and Observer, and is a commentator for CNN and the BBC. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780715641507 |
| ISBN 10 | 0715641506 |
| Titel | Inside Central Asia |
| Autor | D Hiro |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Overlook Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2011-11-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 480 |
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