An expert analysis of current U.S.-Russian relations as they play out in central Asia in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11. * Six maps, one of the ex-Soviet Central Asian region and one map for each of the five countries where the Russian-American rivalry is occurring * Bibliography of all works consulted by the author in writing the book * Index of all names, places, situations, events, and developments covered in the book * Five charts of statistical data on population, economy, population, religion, ethnicity for each of the five country-based chapters