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  • The Great Gambleby Gregory Feifer

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 9.99

    The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty-first century. In The Great Gamble , Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. A riveting account as seen through the eyes of the men who fought in the war, The Great Gamble tells an unforgettable story full of drama, action, and political intrigue whose relevance in our own time is greater than ever. more...

  • Afgantsyby Rodric Braithwaite

    Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.95

    The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came to the rescue with American arms. Humiliated in battle, the Soviets hastily retreated. It's a great story, writes Rodric Braithwaite. But it never happened. The Russian conscripts suffered badly from mismanagement and strategic errors, but they were never defeated on the battlefield, and withdrew in good order. In this brilliant, myth-busting account, Braithwaite--the former British ambassador to Moscow--challenges much of what we know about the... more...

  • Power and Change in Central Asiaby Sally Cummings

    Routledge 2001; US$ 195.00

    This volume offers the first systematic comparison of political change, leadership style and stability in Central Asia. more...

  • Geographic Perspectives on Soviet Central Asiaby Robert Lewis

    Routledge 1992; US$ 220.00

    In a unique survey, based on new census data, this book highlights the region's geographic, economic and ecological problems since 1945. more...

  • The Carpet Warsby Christopher Kremmer

    HarperCollins US 2002; US$ 19.95

    Apart from oil, rugs are the Muslim world's best-known commodity. While rugs are found in most Western homes, the story of religious, political, and tribal strife behind their creation is virtually unknown. In The Carpet Wars, award-winning journalist Christopher Kremmer chronicles his fascinating ten-year journey along the ancient carpet trade routes that run through the world's most misunderstood and volatile regions - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, and the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. more...

  • Strolling About on the Roof of the Worldby Susan Farrington; Hugh Leach; Lord Hurd of Westwell

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 180.00

    This book covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It is generously illustrated and includes some of the Society's previously unpublished archival photographs. more...

  • Islam and Colonialismby Will Myer

    RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 170.00

    This book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding Soviet Asia's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model. more...

  • Markets and Politics in Central Asiaby Gregory Gleason

    Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00

    Over a decade after national independence, this book analyses how the development strategies the five new governments of Central Asia have affected their transition from communist governance. more...

  • Social and Economic Change in the Pamirs, Tajikistanby Frank Bliss

    RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 190.00

    This book deals comprehensively with the history, anthropology and recent social and economic development of the Pamiri people in Gorno-Badakhshan, Eastern Tajikistan. more...

  • Central Asia and the Caucasusby Sanjyot Mehendale; Turaj Atabaki

    Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95

    This book focuses on the dynamics among transnational forces within and beyond Central Asia and explores the roles played by diaspora communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus. more...