Across cultures and empires : an immigrant's odyssey from the Soviet Army to the US war in Iraq and American citizenship /

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"In Across Cultures and Empires, Mahir Ibrahimov provides a personal narrative of his experience serving in the Soviet army as a minority--an Azeri-experiencing disillusionment with communism; watching the fall of the Soviet Union; working in the newly-independent Azeri government; immigrating...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ibrahimov, Mahir, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Temas:
Ibrahimov, Mahir, > 1956-
Soviet Union. > Sovetskai͡a Armii͡a > Biography.
United States. > Army > Civilian employees > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Personnel civil > Biographies.
United States. > Army.
Soviet Union. > Sovetskai͡a Armii͡a
1988-2011
Azerbaijani Americans > Biography.
Diplomats > Azerbaijan > Biography.
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Translators > Iraq > Biography.
Diplomates > Azerbaïdjan > Biographies.
Conflit du Nagorno-Karabakh, 1988-1994.
Translators.
Diplomats.
Azerbaijani Americans.
Armed Forces > Civilian employees.
Iraq.
Azerbaijan.
collective biographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > American.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Soldier of the Empire: Beginning of the End
  • 2. The Search for Identity
  • 3. The Disappearing Empire: Cultural, Ethical, and Geopolitical Implications
  • Interlude. Demise of the Empire: Lessons Learned from British, Soviet, and US Campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq
  • 4. A Socialist Democracy
  • Photo Gallery
  • 5. An Immigrant's Dream
  • 6. The Real Weapon of Mass Destruction
  • 7. Clash of Cultures and Casualties of War
  • 8. Rising with Hope from Ashes
  • 9. Homeland
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Additional Sources

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