The Temptations of Tyranny in Central Asia (Columbia/Hurst)

By David R. Lewis

Book Overview

Investigates why the US alliance with Uzbekistan failed to produce reform and instead ended with the massacre of hundreds of civilians in Andijan. This book provides the detailed account of the 2005 revolution in Kyrgyzstan and explores political transition in Turkmenistan following the death of its eccentric former leader, Saparmurat Niyazov.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231700253
• ISBN13: 9780231700252
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher