Martha Brill Olcott

In the Whirlwind of Jihad

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In Uzbekistan, Central Asia's most populous country, Islam has been an ever-present factor in the lives of its people and a contentious force for political officials trying to build a secular and authoritarian government. In the Whirlwind of Jihad examines the intertwined and evolving relationships between religion, the state, and society in Uzbekistan from the late 1980s to today, encompassing the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the launch of the U.S.-led war on terror in neighboring Afghanistan. Martha Brill Olcott, the foremost expert on Central Asia, concludes that in an era of global communication and increased contact wi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-87003-301-8
EAN: 9780870033018
Produktnummer: 22220339
Verlag: Brookings Institution Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 300 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'310 KB

Über den Autor

Martha Brill Olcott is a senior associate with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. and co-director of the al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia in Almaty, Kazakhstan.