00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685523046126318089 Buklod 20170407105942.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 170407s2009 xx d r |||| u| 9781590202210 (iLib)UPMNL-00015383038 UCASM002226 Php510.00 CASM rda eng DS 327.5 H57 2009 Hiro, Dilip. Inside Central Asia a political and cultural history of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran Dilip Hiro. 1st ed. New York Overlook Duckworth 2009. 448 p. maps 24 cm. text rdacontent unmediatedt rdamedia volume rdacarrier Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Turkey: from militant secularism to grassroots Islam -- 2: Uzbekistan: the complex hub of Central Asia -- 3: Turkmenistan: molded by a megalomaniac despot -- 4: Kazakhstan: rising oil state courted by big powers -- 5: Kyrgyzstan: the Tulip Revolution, a false dawn -- 6: Tajikistan: the rise and fall of political Islam -- 7: Iran: the geopolitics of the Islamic Revolution -- Summary and conclusions -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Islam and politics -- Asia, Central -- History -- 20th century. Communism -- Asia, Central -- History -- 20th century. Asia, Central-- Politics and government. UPMNL CASM DS 327.5 H57 2009 Book