- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books; illustrated edition edition (24 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861978685
- ISBN-13: 978-1861978684
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 485,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A fascinating read,
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This review is from: In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared (Paperback)
Having been to Kazakhstan half a dozen times on business I found this an entertaining and fascinating description of the country, its people & history. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Much more than a travel book,
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This review is from: In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared (Paperback)
It's marketed as a travel book but it's much more than that. It gives a very good insight into Kazakhstan past and present including the political/economic developments. The author spent days talking to and traveling around with President Nazarbayev. The president comes across as a very smart guy who has done really well given the appalling situation he inherited. The author obviously liked the country but the book doesn't come across as propaganda.
It contains the inside story on how the USSR really worked, what the gulag was like from people who survived it, how and why the new currency (the tenge) was secretly planned, how arab countries offered to pay them to keep their SS18 ICBMs, and how Iran and Iraq tried to buy weapons grade material. This book is a serious bit of writing and impressed me a lot. If you want to know more about a country which is in the news because of oil then I recommend this book highly.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent insight into Central Asia,
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This review is from: In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared (Paperback)
Christopher Robbins has written an excellent travel book about his trip to Kazakhstan. It is beautifully described with interesting anecdotes. A very readable volume on a part of the world that few people know. However, be careful this is the same book as Apples are From Kazakhstan.
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