Turkmenistan [electronic resource] : strategies of power, dilemmas of development / Sebastien Peyrouse.
Publication details: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2012.Description: xiv, 248 p. : mapsISBN:- 9780765632029 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780765632043 (e-book)
- 958.4 23
- DK938.6 .P488 2012eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Turkmen territory : unity and diversity -- From antiquity to the Khanates : a history of fits and starts -- The impact of Russian-Soviet modernization -- The building of the Turkmen nation -- An independence marked by Niyazov's megalomania -- Culture and religion : the issues of reconstruction -- Berdymukhammedov : illusion of a Khrushchevian thaw? -- Turkmenistan from inside : social and economic evolutions -- The future "Kuwait of Central Asia"? -- Finding its place on the international stage.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.