The Soviet Legacy in Central Asia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333733592)

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 a certain degree of societal cohesiveness arising from the fact that several ethnic communities reside within their borders. It is this so-called 'insecurity dilemma' of each of the Central Asian states that is therefore examined.

Author: J. Glenn
ISBN-10: 0333733592
ISBN-13: 9780333733592
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/05/1999
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d