This invaluable book provides the only sustained political history of independent Kyrgyzstan, explaining events in the context of its society and the broader international order. Eugene Huskey draws on his unique access to major political figures to carefully weave the changes in Kyrgyzstan into his own first-hand account of life in the country.

This invaluable book provides the only sustained political history of independent Kyrgyzstan, explaining events in the context of its society and the broader international order. Eugene Huskey draws on his unique access to major political figures to carefully weave the changes in Kyrgyzstan into his own first-hand account of life in the country.