author | Insight Turkey https://www.insightturkey.com/ author EN authorOil, Islam and Conflict: Central Asia since 1945 provides an excellent introduction to the region, especially for service people arriving in Turkestan for the first time in their lives. The region that has been known as Turkestan since at least the 6th century CE has seen both bright and dark ages in its long history, and Rob Johnsons volume gives it its due.https://www.insightturkey.com/author/hasan-ali-karasar/oil-islam-and-conflict-central-asia-since-1945https://www.insightturkey.com/author/hasan-ali-karasar/oil-islam-and-conflict-central-asia-since-1945Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:11:01 GMT