As international attention focuses on the rebuilding of Afghanistan, this collection looks critically at the evolution and meaning of the core concepts underpinning aims and strategies for recovery: t
After almost four centuries of expansion the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century covered vast territories on the Eurasian continent and included an immensely diverse population. How wa
This handsome volume is heavily illustrated with color photos, b&w drawings, and beautifully conceived architectural plans and sections, presented in a horizontal, slightly oversized format (9.5x12").
Roberts (history, Tennessee Technological U.) traces the history of Afghanistan's foreign relations in the second and third quarters of the 20th century. He argues that after the British had abandoned
Sadr-i Ziya's diary lends valuable perspective to numerous studies narrowly focused upon the modern Reformists (Jadids) of his area. It also, and perhaps in the first place, reveals the endless occupa
Nomadic Empires sheds new light on 2,000 years of military history and geopolitics. The Mongol Empire of Genghis-Khan and his heirs, as is well known, was the greatest empire in world history. For 2,0
In 1991, the Soviet state of Uzbekistan became the sovereign Uzbek Republic. Challenging the theory that independence simply reawakened a suppressed cultural identity, Sengupta (Maulana Abul Kalam Aza
With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. Invited to live with Sultan Khan, a bookselle
Looks at the radical changes in the social and political life of Afghanistan, including coverage of the Taliban, the condition of women, and efforts to reconstruct the political and economic infrastru
Approaching Central Asia from the perspective of geopolitics, transition, oil and stability, the authors provide a very broad and diverse analysis of the region, examining domestic and international d
Introduction by Bill Maher. When U.S. bombs started raining on the Taliban, Rall jumped on a plane straight to the war zone to get the real story for himself. Featuring his Village Voice articles and
New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson arrived in Afghanistan to report for the magazine ten days before U.S. bombers began pounding Al Qaeda and Taliban forces. His dispatches provide an unprecede
The five central Asian States of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan stand at the crossroads of world civilization. Influenced by South Asia, Iran, China and Russia, this region which
Strategist and naval historian Friedman argues that the September 11 attacks on the US were carried out on the orders of Osama bin Laden in order to create a pan-Muslim empire with him at its head. He
The Mongols were the superpower of their day, erupting out of Central Asia in 1206 to conquer an empire stretching from Poland to Korea. Their arrival in the Middle East upset the very tenuous balance
Ahmed Rashid, whose masterful account of Afghanistan's Taliban regime became required reading after September 11, turns his legendary skills as an investigative journalist to five adjacent Central Asi
