Restless valley : revolution, murder, and intrigue in the heart of Central Asia /

This award-winning foreign correspondent's vivid account of Central Asia's recent history "reads like a novel but is the stuff of hard-won journalism" (Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan). Here are the stories of two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil war,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shishkin, Philip, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Since 1991
Revolutions > Kyrgyzstan > History > 21st century.
Revolutions > Uzbekistan > History > 21st century.
Violence > Kyrgyzstan > History > 21st century.
Violence > Uzbekistan > History > 21st century.
Intrigue > Political aspects > Kyrgyzstan > History > 21st century.
Intrigue > Political aspects > Uzbekistan > History > 21st century.
Révolutions > Ouzbékistan > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Violence > Ouzbékistan > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Intrigues > Aspect politique > Ouzbékistan > Histoire > 21e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Politics and government.
Revolutions.
Violence.
Revoluties.
Politiek geweld.
Kyrgyzstan > Politics and government > 1991-
Uzbekistan > Politics and government > 1991-
Kyrgyzstan > History > 1991-
Uzbekistan > History > 1991-
Kirghizistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Ouzbékistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Kirghizistan > Histoire > 1991-
Ouzbékistan > Histoire > 1991-
Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbekistan.
Oezbekistan.
Kirgizië.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Tulip Revolution
  • On the Heroin Highway
  • Anatomy of a Massacre
  • The Dark Years in Kyrgyzstan
  • The Land of Perpetual Revolution
  • The Financier Vanishes, and Other Riddles
  • Restless Valley
  • Our Son of a Bitch?
  • Epilogue: Family Connections.

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