Uzbekistan : Trapped in a perpetual cycle of violence.

• Main Author: Harold Nordgaard.
• Other Authors: Li, Nan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14457
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Uzbekistan gained independence following the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Islam Karimov then emerged as the new nation's founding father. He championed a revival of ancient Uzbek culture while engineering a modern "Uzbek path" which would steer Uzbekistan into the prosperous...