Soviet Secrecy and Non-secrecy
Soviet Secrecy and Non-secrecy

Author: Raymond Hutchings

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780389207542

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The book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of Soviet secrecy: how national security differs from the private sort, and how this secrecy influences information policy, both domestic and international. What is kept secret is defined and the means by which secrets are kept are described at length. Also examined are the cause and origins of Soviet secrecy. Comparisons are also made with secrecy in other countries.

Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies
Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies

Author: Tomasz Gacek

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2009-10-02

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1443815020

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This is an important book which will greatly aid readers in their knowledge of Central Asia, one of the crucial regions in the contemporary world. It contains papers reflecting the interdisciplinary quality of recent research carried out in many academic institutions dealing with the region. In this volume, which undertakes the supreme challenge of understanding this vast area of Eurasia, acknowledged experts offer their findings on such important topics as history, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, language, literature, religion, philosophy, civil society and human rights, political science, economics and the environment. This collection undoubtedly constitutes a key gateway to study of the region through the advanced, accurate and scholarly information required by contemporary academia.