Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index.
Contents
Pax Britannica, squared -- Patterns of mastery, British and American -- Russia: The long talons of memory -- Iran: The agonies of non-sovereignity -- Pakistan: Sins of partition -- Afghanistan: In a dark defile -- The Caucasus: A bedlam of identity -- Central Asia: Invented states, real godfathers -- "What is to be done?"
