The Soviet Legacy in Central Asia

by John Glenn

This book analyses the new pattern of security concerns of the Central Asian successor states. This region is said to encompass Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirghizstan and Turkmenistan. The main contention of the book is that the security problems of these states are similar to those that faced other 'Third World' countries after they attained independence. That is, due to the arbitrary creation of these states by external powers they lack...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333733592
• ISBN13: 9780333733592
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"