"With a new introduction on America after Iraq"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-234) and index.
Contents
Pax Britannica, squared -- On America after Iraq -- 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?"