Silk Road to Ruin
Is Central Asia the New Middle East?
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Author
Contributions
- Ahmed Rashid (Introduction) - Contributor
Publication
2006-08-01 - Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Language
English
Word Count
75,750 words, Guess
Page Count
303 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8637378M
- ISBN-139781561634545
- ISBN-101561634549
- OCLC Control Number64289538
- OCLC Control Numbersilkroadtoruinis0000rall
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006042041
- LibraryThing1088168
- Goodreads105784
Classifications
- LCCPN6727.R35S56 2006
Description
In 1997, journalist Rall, on a lark, decided to take a drive through the newly independent Central Asian republics, and discovered anarchic societies ruled by dictators and plagued by poverty, looting and corruption while Islamic radicals waited for the opportunity to take over. But did anybody care? Rall's magazine account of his misadventures was soon followed by a feature he launched on his Los Angeles radio talk show, "Stan Watch: Breaking News from Central Asia," intended as a send-up of Americans' disinterest in foreign affairs. But the joke turned serious. His obscure news stories became wildly popular. Americans, it turned out, were interested in the outside world. Soon, no one cared more about Central Asia than Rall. Transformed by what he saw and eager to sound the alarm, he became an expert and returned several times, as a rogue independent and as a guest of the State Department, to this cultural and political collision zone.--From publisher description.
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