Murderers in MausoleumsMurderers in Mausoleums
Riding the Back Roads of Empire Between Moscow and Beijing / Jeffrey Tayler
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Current format, Book, 2009, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsFocuses on the vast expanse of remote, challenging terrain from the steppes of southern Russia and the turbulent Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China to reveal the diverse lands and peoples of the region, detailing the rise of new autocratic states and revealing why democracy has yet to thrive in the area.
Focuses on the vast expanse of remote, challenging terrain from the steppes of southern Russia and the turbulent Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China to reveal the diverse lands and peoples of the region.
Across the largest landmass on earth, in regions once conquered by Genghis Khan and exploited by ruthless Communist regimes, dictatorial state are again arising, growing wealthy on petro-dollars and low-cost manufacturing. More and more, they are challenging the West.
Media reports focus on the capital cities of Moscow and Beijing, but the people inhabiting the expanses between them remain largely invisible to us, their daily lives and aspirations scarcely more familiar than they were in Cold War days. Tayler finds, for example, a dissident Cossack advocating mass beheadings, a Muslim in Kashgar calling on the United States to bomb Beijing, and Chinese youths in Urumqi desiring nothing more than sex, booze, and rock 'n' roll. Again and again, Tayler encounters people who value liberty and the free market but also idealize tyrants. Now, more than ever, for our own security, we must understand why.
As this eye-opening book winds through the steppes of southern Russia, the conflict-ridden Caucasus Mountains, and the deserts of Central Asia and northern China, it reveals that our maps have gone blank at the worst possible time - as a new cold war looms between the West and Russia, and the United States is engaged in a losing struggle with Moscow over influence in the energy-rich countries of Central Asia.
A gripping journey through some of the planet&;s most remote and challenging terrain and its peoples, in search of why democracy has yet to thrive in lands it seemed so recently ready to overtake Across the largest landmass on earth, in lands once conquered by Genghis Khan and exploited by ruthless Communist regimes, autocratic and dictatorial states are again arising, growing wealthy on petrodollars and low-cost manufacturing.
More and more, they are challenging theWest.
Media reports focus on developments in Moscow and Beijing, but the peoples inhabiting the vast expanses in between remain mostly unseen and unheard, their daily lives and aspirations scarcely better known to us now than they were in ColdWar days.Tayler finds, among many others, a dissident Cossack advocating mass beheadings, a Muslim in Kashgar calling on the United States to bomb Beijing, and Chinese youths in Urumqi desiring nothing more than sex, booze, and rock &;n&; roll&;all while confronting over and over again the contradiction of people who value liberty and the free market but idealize tyrants who oppose both.
From the steppes of southern Russia to the conflict-ridden Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China,Tayler shows that our maps have gone blank at the worst possible time.
A gripping journey through some of the planet&;s most remote and challenging terrain and its peoples, in search of why democracy has yet to thrive in lands it seemed so recently ready to overtake Across the largest landmass on earth, in lands once conquered by Genghis Khan and exploited by ruthless Communist regimes, autocratic and dictatorial states are again arising, growing wealthy on petrodollars and low-cost manufacturing.
More and more, they are challenging theWest.
Media reports focus on developments in Moscow and Beijing, but the peoples inhabiting the vast expanses in between remain mostly unseen and unheard, their daily lives and aspirations scarcely better known to us now than they were in ColdWar days.Tayler finds, among many others, a dissident Cossack advocating mass beheadings, a Muslim in Kashgar calling on the United States to bomb Beijing, and Chinese youths in Urumqi desiring nothing more than sex, booze, and rock &;n&; roll&;all while confronting over and over again the contradiction of people who value liberty and the free market but idealize tyrants who oppose both.
From the steppes of southern Russia to the conflict-ridden Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China,Tayler shows that our maps have gone blank at the worst possible time.
Focuses on the vast expanse of remote, challenging terrain from the steppes of southern Russia and the turbulent Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China to reveal the diverse lands and peoples of the region.
Across the largest landmass on earth, in regions once conquered by Genghis Khan and exploited by ruthless Communist regimes, dictatorial state are again arising, growing wealthy on petro-dollars and low-cost manufacturing. More and more, they are challenging the West.
Media reports focus on the capital cities of Moscow and Beijing, but the people inhabiting the expanses between them remain largely invisible to us, their daily lives and aspirations scarcely more familiar than they were in Cold War days. Tayler finds, for example, a dissident Cossack advocating mass beheadings, a Muslim in Kashgar calling on the United States to bomb Beijing, and Chinese youths in Urumqi desiring nothing more than sex, booze, and rock 'n' roll. Again and again, Tayler encounters people who value liberty and the free market but also idealize tyrants. Now, more than ever, for our own security, we must understand why.
As this eye-opening book winds through the steppes of southern Russia, the conflict-ridden Caucasus Mountains, and the deserts of Central Asia and northern China, it reveals that our maps have gone blank at the worst possible time - as a new cold war looms between the West and Russia, and the United States is engaged in a losing struggle with Moscow over influence in the energy-rich countries of Central Asia.
A gripping journey through some of the planet&;s most remote and challenging terrain and its peoples, in search of why democracy has yet to thrive in lands it seemed so recently ready to overtake Across the largest landmass on earth, in lands once conquered by Genghis Khan and exploited by ruthless Communist regimes, autocratic and dictatorial states are again arising, growing wealthy on petrodollars and low-cost manufacturing.
More and more, they are challenging theWest.
Media reports focus on developments in Moscow and Beijing, but the peoples inhabiting the vast expanses in between remain mostly unseen and unheard, their daily lives and aspirations scarcely better known to us now than they were in ColdWar days.Tayler finds, among many others, a dissident Cossack advocating mass beheadings, a Muslim in Kashgar calling on the United States to bomb Beijing, and Chinese youths in Urumqi desiring nothing more than sex, booze, and rock &;n&; roll&;all while confronting over and over again the contradiction of people who value liberty and the free market but idealize tyrants who oppose both.
From the steppes of southern Russia to the conflict-ridden Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China,Tayler shows that our maps have gone blank at the worst possible time.
A gripping journey through some of the planet&;s most remote and challenging terrain and its peoples, in search of why democracy has yet to thrive in lands it seemed so recently ready to overtake Across the largest landmass on earth, in lands once conquered by Genghis Khan and exploited by ruthless Communist regimes, autocratic and dictatorial states are again arising, growing wealthy on petrodollars and low-cost manufacturing.
More and more, they are challenging theWest.
Media reports focus on developments in Moscow and Beijing, but the peoples inhabiting the vast expanses in between remain mostly unseen and unheard, their daily lives and aspirations scarcely better known to us now than they were in ColdWar days.Tayler finds, among many others, a dissident Cossack advocating mass beheadings, a Muslim in Kashgar calling on the United States to bomb Beijing, and Chinese youths in Urumqi desiring nothing more than sex, booze, and rock &;n&; roll&;all while confronting over and over again the contradiction of people who value liberty and the free market but idealize tyrants who oppose both.
From the steppes of southern Russia to the conflict-ridden Caucasus Mountains to the deserts of central Asia and northern China,Tayler shows that our maps have gone blank at the worst possible time.
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