TY  - BOOK
TI  - Afghanistan and post-Soviet Central Asia : : prospects for political evolution and the role of Islam : a special report of the study group on the prospects for conflict and opportunities for peacemaking in the Southern tier of former Soviet republics
AV  - Pamphlet DS371.2. A669 1992
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Washington, D.C. : 
PB  - United States Institute of Peace, 
KW  - Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  History
KW  -  Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
KW  -  Personal narratives
KW  -  Politics and government
KW  -  1973-1989
KW  -  Saur Revolution, 1978
N1  - “October 1992”—reverse of title page; Contents: Executive summary—Preface—Introduction—1. Background : Central Asia—2. The Afghan example—3. Prospects for Central Asia—Conclusion—Notes—Study groups participants
N2  - Summary: “Contrary to alarmist headlines in recent weeks, violent upheavals in former Soviet Central Asia seem unlikely. Initial apprehensions regarding great instability and politico-religious unrest in that region, anticipated once the reins from Moscow were loosened, have thus far proved largely unfounded. Closer examination reveals that the excitement of freedom and the resurgence of Islam have been tempered in most cases by bother the…”—(Executive summary)
ER  -