For more than a hundred years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet.
Christoph Baumer - a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia, Tibet and China - has written several well-received books in the fields of history, religion, archaeology and travel. These include The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity (2006, 2016), Traces in the Desert: Journeys of Discovery across Central Asia (2008) and China's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism (2011), all published by I.B.Tauris. He is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia and is a member of the Explorers' Club, New York, and of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London. Dr Baumer was the recipient in 2015 of the prestigious Sir Percy Sykes Medal, awarded to him by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. The first three volumes of his magisterial four-volume history of Central Asia were released by I.B.Tauris, to much acclaim, in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
This book will be a fine guide for anyone seeking to understand the
forces involved or trying to forecast the effects of China's Belt
and Road initiative on the chequerboard of Central Asia.
*Literary Review*
This book brings us to the present day and the emergence of the
newly independent 'stans' and their growing influence and economic
power. It brings to a triumphant conclusion Baumer's majestic
History of Central Asia and I cannot see how this four-volume
series can ever be bettered.
*The Geographical Review*
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