Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Military and state-building in Central Asia; 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 v. Asian Tiger: Competing regional security quasi-regimes; 5 NATO and the West in Central Asia; 6 From internationalist to post-Soviet nationalist military; Conclusion: What lies ahead?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154) and index
