 | The New Central Asia: The Creation of Nations by Olivier Roy
Buy used from: $1.77 A must read for people interested in the society & the peoples in CA.
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 | The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe) by Peter Hopkirk
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $6.25 Great crash course on the somewhat recent history of the region and geopolitics.
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 | Lonely Planet Central Asia by Bradley Mayhew
Buy used from: $0.15 I had used the previous edition, and found it very useful -especially the maps.
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 | Uzbekistan: The Golden Road to Samarkand (Odyssey Illustrated Guide) by Calum MacLeod
Buy used from: $1.09 Take a look at this book before you go, but don't take it with you. It gives a general overview, but is not a good guide-book.
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 | Calming the Ferghana Valley: Development and Dialogue in the Heart of Central Asia (Preventive Action Reports, V. 4) by Nancy Lubin
Buy new: $11.95 / Used from: $4.15 The Ferghana valley seemed pretty calm to me, but there are some unresoved issues that could escalate. This is good for understanding those issues.
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 | The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence
Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $10.00 A good introduction to the post-independence politics of the CA countries.
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 | Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.69 Very good survey of Islam in CA and the organization, ideology and recruitment methods of the two significant radical Islamic organizations: imu and hizb ut tahrir.
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 | Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.80 |
 | Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise by Martha Brill Olcott
Buy new: $21.33 / Used from: $2.50 This book is somewhat an unfulfilled promise itself, but good for current affairs.
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 | Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia by Sergei P. Poliakov
Buy used from: $40.00 |
 | To Afghanistan and Back by Ted Rall
Buy new: $13.63 / Used from: $0.02 And some humor... well, black humor...
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 | Central Asia and Transcaucasia: Ethnicity and Conflict (Contributions in Political Science) by Vitaly Naumkin
Buy used from: $59.97 |
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