What is Asia to Us? (Routledge Revivals): Russia's Asian Heartland Yesterday and Today - Hardcover

Hauner, Milan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415858356 ISBN 13: 9780415858359

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

This book, first published in 1990, considers the uneasy relationship between Russia and Soviet Central Asia. Chapters examine both the significance of Asia to the Russian mind and the place that Asia has occupied in Russian geopolitical thinking in the last hundred years, showing that outbreaks of violence are simply a manifestation of a long-standing tension. This is a remarkable and comprehensive study, which will be of great value to those concerned with the history and future of Central Asia and Siberia.

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Review:

"This remarkably erudite survey of the whole spread of Russia east and south was conceived in the grand old style ... Unlike so many studies of Russia and the Soviet Union, this one pays special attention to geography and to the importance of geopolitics in Russian thinking ... It is hard to stop commenting on Hauner’s remarkable book, one of the most stimulating I have read" - World Affairs

"...the book is valuable for the historical background it provides, which is not easily accessible in any other past or recent publication. This will be useful to any reader concerned with the future of Central Asia, Siberia and the Soviet Far East if and when the Soviet Union is reformed as a loose commonwealth or breaks up" – Soviet Studies, 1991

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415858356
• ISBN 13: 9780415858359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282