Description
Jonathan Aitken skilfully analyses the country's achievements in all its complexity to explain Kazakhstan and Nazarbayev's emergence on the international stage.
About the Author
Jonathan Aitken, a former MP and cabinet minister, is the author of nine books including his award-winning biography of President Richard Nixon. His recent titles published by Continuum include Pride and Perjury, Psalms for People under Pressure, Prayers for People under Pressure, Charles W. Colson: A Life Redeemed and Heroes and Contemporaries.
Reviews
Mention of author and book, The Observer. May 2009.
Article on book in Daily Telegraph, 17 June 2009.
Reuters, June 2009
Article in Observer Weekend, July 2009.
'Aitken [is] a capable and articulate biographer' - Asian Affairs
Article of the author in Observer Woman, July 2009
Interview in Fame & Fortune, Sunday Times.
'Interviews with key figures such as Gorbachev add oomph to the story. But what's really fascinating is learning why Nazarbayev led his nation away from Soviet-induced communities to oil-based capitalism, turning it into the most commercially-successful nation in Central Asia to emerge from the Bloc. 9/10' - Fife, Perth and Dundee Courier & Advertiser, South Wales Evening Post (Swansea), Leicester Mercury, East Anglian Daily Times, Sunderland Echo, Edinburgh Evening News, Sunday Sun (Newcastle) and Scotsman
'[Aitken] paints a fascinating portrait of Kazakhstan's remarkable president ... he puts Kazakhstan where it firmly belongs - near the top of any intensive diplomatic reading list for the 21st century.' - The Observer
'Extraordinary story ... it's a rattling good read.' - BBC Radio 4
Mentioned in Evening Standard Magazine, August 2009.
Book Information
ISBN 9781441153814
Author Jonathan Aitken
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Continuum Publishing Corporation
Publisher Continuum Publishing Corporation
Weight(grams) 590g