Afghanistan and Central Asia : a modern history

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; GLOSSARY; WHO'S WHO; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; MAPS; ONE INTRODUCTION; Afghanistan; Central Asia; The Mongols; The Russians come; The Communists come; Stalin's revolution; The 1970s: Uzbekistan; Khrushchev and the Virgin Lands; The Great Uzbek cotton scandal; Cometh the hour, cometh Gorbachev; The Russians go; A new dawn; TWO THE ECONOMY: BIG BUCKS AND WHO GETS THEM?; Afghanistan; Central Asia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; THREE ISLAM AND TERRORISM; Afghanistan; Taliban; Islam and violence
Central AsiaPost-communism or return to the past; Islamic terrorists or drug smugglers?; The battle of Batken; The insurgents return; The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Conclusions; FOUR THE GREAT GAME: THE POWERS VIE FOR PRIMACY; Afghanistan: the cockpit; Central Asia; China; Russia; Pipelines; Peacekeeping; Iran; Turkey; United States; Pakistan; FIVE II SEPTEMBER 2001 AND ALL THAT; Afghanistan; II September 2001; Putin's game; US secret alliance in Central Asia; Russian aid decisive; The US and oil; The end of the Taliban?; GUIDE TO FURTHER READING; INDEX