The Central Asian States: Discovering Independence

ISBN-13: 9780367318345 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Gregory W Gleason

Opis

The lands of Central Asia are united by a common history and historical identity as well as by common traditions. A heritage of tribal mountain and steppe confederations and oasis emirates gave way in the Soviet period to the creation of artificial ?nation-states? in the heart of Asia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, these nations?Kazakstan,

Spis treści

New States and Ancient Societies -- Legacies of Central Asia -- The Soviet Socialist Republics of Central Asia -- Central Asian States Emergent -- Central Asia and the World -- Transition in Asia

O autorze

Gregory Gleason is associate professor of international relations at the University of New Mexico.