Erica Marat

The Military and the State in Central Asia

From Red Army to Independence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century until the present. This book is the first major, in-depth study of the military institutions and the influence they had on the state and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415493475
• ISBN-10: 0415493471
• Artikelnr.: 27382589

Autorenporträt

Erica Marat is a Central Asia analyst. She specializes in military institutions, state-building, and organized crime in post-colonial states, with a special interest in the Central Asian region. She is an author of numerous academic and policy publications, including The Tulip Revolution: Kyrgyzstan One Year After (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Central Asian Military during the Soviet Regime 2: "We Won the War":
Competing Memories of the Soviet War in Afghanistan 3: Military
Institutions as Part of State-Building during Independence 4: Russian Bear
vs. Asian Tiger: Competing Regional Security Quasi-Regimes 5: NATO and the
West in Central Asia 6: From Internationalist to Post-Soviet Nationalist
Military Conclusions: What lies ahead?