Restless valley
Subtitle: revolution, murder, and intrigue in the heart of Central Asia
By: Philip Shishkin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780300184365
Subjects: Politics and government; Violence; Revolutions; Intrigue; History
Description: Two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil war, a drug-smuggling highway, brazen corruption schemes, contract hits, and larger-than-life characters who may be villains... or heroes... or possibly both. A gripping, firsthand account of Central Asia's unfolding history from 2005 to the present. Shishkin focuses mainly on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Both nations have struggled with the enormous challenges of post-Soviet independent statehood; both have developed into a key smuggling hub for Afghanistan's booming heroin trade.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Tulip Revolution; title: On the Heroin Highway; title: Anatomy of a Massacre; title: The Dark Years in Kyrgyzstan; title: The Land of Perpetual Revolution; title: The Financier Vanishes, and Other Riddles; title: Restless Valley; title: Our Son of a Bitch?; title: Epilogue: Family Connections.