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title: "Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia Paperback – June 24, 2014"
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# Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia Paperback – June 24, 2014

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Genuine and Forthright Political Travelogue on Central Asia
  

*by N***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2013*

If it was not for Philip Shishkin's language skills and cultural background, Restless Valley perhaps would not be as genuine and forthright, informative and multifaceted.As other reviewers noted, there are limited publications covering Central Asia. So when I learned about the upcoming release of Restless Valley, I signed up to get a copy as soon as it was available on Amazon. While I had not known Philip Shishkin personally prior to reading this book, reading Restless Valley felt as if Philip was an old friend telling anecdotes and stories about people that we know in common.Covering political intrigues, corrupt schemes at the top level, and revolutions mostly in Kyrgyzstan, the author does take the reader on a political travelogue to Uzbekistan, as well as to neighboring Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and briefly to Kazakhstan. He invites the reader to join his private conversations with top government officials and human rights activists, with law enforcement officials and outlaws, with journalists and ordinary people. The transitions from one chapter to another in the book are smooth, usually through an intriguing story that connects at-first-sight irrelevant stories to each other.When it comes to ethnic conflicts, it's hard to be both truthful and unbiased. Philip Shishkin does manage that fine line in his analysis of the ethnic conflict between the Kyrgyz and Uzbeks.  In every chapter, he gives two sides of the story leaving the reader with food for thought.I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Central Asia.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Just to have this case reviewed is absolutely amazing!
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2017*

Interesting, thought provoking and the KZ human rights gentleman prisoned for the murder of a KZ policeman is right now ( 24/ 01/2017) having his case retired and a verdict is expected on 27/01/2017. Just to have this case reviewed is absolutely amazing!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Best Book I've Read About Central Asia
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013*

I began reading this book with some trepidation, as so much of the scarce writing on Central Asia is badly written and/or distorted (by ignorance, by political or cultural biases, by academese, etc), but it's genuinely good. Having lived in Kyrgyzstan during and immediately after some of the events described in the book, it was a joy to read such a well-crafted narrative that doesn't twist the complicated reality of the place to achieve that narrative. A riveting book that finally gives me a book to recommend without reservations to people who want to understand Central Asia better.

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