[Discussion] New Book: Sons of the Conquerors: "The Rise of the Turkic World"

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New Book: Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World  has been =
published by Overlook Press, New York, and is now being distributed in =
the U.S. Publication in the UK by Duckworth is in June.

The book argues that the past 15 years have seen historic progress in =
key Turkic countries, and that, while there is little sign of any Turkic =
political unity, there are several areas of commercial and cultural =
convergence. I hope it will open a fresh window on the diversity of the =
Islamic world, offer insights into the developing countries as a whole =
and, since it is largely built around anecdotes from my own travels, =
that it will be of strong interest to the general reader.

Price: $35.00 hardcover.=20
ISBN: 1-58567-641-1.
1 map and 34 b&w photos, 6x9
trim size, 432 pages.
Distributed by Viking/Penguin.=20

More information is available on
www.sonsoftheconquerors.com

Table of Contents:=20

SONS OF THE CONQUERORS
The Rise of the Turkic World

SECTION 1: SOLDIER NATION
Orders Cut Iron: the army's grip on Turkey
Infidel Pigs: conquerors turn refugees in the Balkans
Bloody Black Mountain: Azerbaijan's baptism of fire
Merchant Warriors: the new Turkish entrepreneurs sally forth

SECTION 2: SAVE US, FATHER!
Rakz and the Republic: Kemal Ataturk, icon of the secular Turkish =
revolution
The Cult of Turkmenbashy: the method in Turkmenistan's mad tyranny
Gray Wolves: nationalists prevail in Azerbaijan
Minerals, Oil, Democracy! A Kazakh khan finds riches, but craves respect
The Ghost of Isa Beg: Knight Errant of Turkestan

SECTION 3: A LONELY HISTORY
The Ant and the Elephant: the Uygur struggle to survive in China
Of Yurts and Yogurt: the Turkic nomad heritage
Iran and Turan: the age-old antagonists of Eurasia
Bear Hug: breaking Russia's long embrace
The Golden Apple: the Turks follow their lucky star to Germany
Cursed Souls No More: a Turkic fable in the backwoods of Virginia

SECTION 4: ISLAM ALLATURCA
In the Land of Babur: Islam and Central Asia's struggle for identity
An Empire of the Mind: Turkish pragmatism outflanks Iranian theocracy
Rumi's Legacy: the Turks adopt a kinder Allah
Euroturks: A Muslim island in Holland's Christian sea

SECTION 5: OIL AND WATER
Hurricane Hydrocarbons: the Caspian oil boom
White Gold: a lust for cotton strangles the Aral Sea
Silk Road Shake-Downs: corruption as a way of life
Midnight Espresso: the Turkic problem with human rights

SECTION 6: THE 21ST CENTURY IS OURS
Step-sons of Tamerlane: the grim determination of Uzbekistan
To the City: the second Turkish conquest of Constantinople
All Change at Essen: now Germany is not enough
Forever Young Turks: a new horizon in America

Appendix A: A Note on Turkic Languages and Alphabets
Appendix B: The Turkic Family Tree
Index 
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<DIV>New Book: Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise =
of the=20
Turkic World&nbsp; has been published by Overlook Press, New York, =
and is=20
now being distributed in the U.S. Publication in the UK by Duckworth is =
in=20
June. The book argues that the past 15 years have seen historic =
progress=20
in key Turkic countries, and that, while there is little sign of any =
Turkic=20
political unity, there are several areas of commercial and cultural =
convergence.=20
I hope it will open a fresh window on the diversity of the Islamic =
world, offer=20
insights into the developing countries as a whole and, since it is =
largely built=20
around anecdotes from my own travels, that it will be of strong interest =
to the=20
general reader. Price: $35.00 hardcover. </DIV>
<DIV>ISBN: 1-58567-641-1.</DIV>
<DIV>1 map and 34 b&amp;w photos, 6x9 trim size, =
432=20
pages.</DIV>
<DIV>Distributed by Viking/Penguin. More =
information=20
is available on</DIV>
<DIV><A=20
href=3D"http://www.sonsoftheconquerors.com">www.sonsoftheconquerors.com</=
A> Table=20
of Contents: SONS OF THE CONQUERORS The Rise of the =
Turkic=20
World SECTION 1: SOLDIER NATION Orders Cut Iron: the army's =
grip on=20
Turkey Infidel Pigs: conquerors turn refugees in the =
Balkans Bloody Black=20
Mountain: Azerbaijan's baptism of fire Merchant Warriors: the new =
Turkish=20
entrepreneurs sally forth SECTION 2: SAVE US, FATHER! Rakz and =
the=20
Republic: Kemal Ataturk, icon of the secular Turkish revolution The =
Cult of=20
Turkmenbashy: the method in Turkmenistan's mad tyranny Gray Wolves:=20
nationalists prevail in Azerbaijan Minerals, Oil, Democracy! A Kazakh =
khan=20
finds riches, but craves respect The Ghost of Isa Beg: Knight Errant =
of=20
Turkestan SECTION 3: A LONELY HISTORY The Ant and the =
Elephant: the=20
Uygur struggle to survive in China Of Yurts and Yogurt: the Turkic =
nomad=20
heritage Iran and Turan: the age-old antagonists of Eurasia Bear =
Hug:=20
breaking Russia's long embrace The Golden Apple: the Turks follow =
their lucky=20
star to Germany Cursed Souls No More: a Turkic fable in the backwoods =
of=20
Virginia SECTION 4: ISLAM ALLATURCA In the Land of Babur: =
Islam and=20
Central Asia's struggle for identity An Empire of the Mind: Turkish=20
pragmatism outflanks Iranian theocracy Rumi's Legacy: the Turks adopt =
a=20
kinder Allah Euroturks: A Muslim island in Holland's Christian=20
sea SECTION 5: OIL AND WATER Hurricane Hydrocarbons: the =
Caspian oil=20
boom White Gold: a lust for cotton strangles the Aral Sea Silk =
Road=20
Shake-Downs: corruption as a way of life Midnight Espresso: the =
Turkic=20
problem with human rights SECTION 6: THE 21ST CENTURY IS=20
OURS Step-sons of Tamerlane: the grim determination of =
Uzbekistan To the=20
City: the second Turkish conquest of Constantinople All Change at =
Essen: now=20
Germany is not enough Forever Young Turks: a new horizon in=20
America Appendix A: A Note on Turkic Languages and =
Alphabets Appendix=20
B: The Turkic Family Tree Index </DIV></BODY></HTML>

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