Jonathan Aitken skilfully analyses the country's achievements in
all its complexity to explain Kazakhstan and Nazarbayev's emergence
on the international stage. Kazakhstan is colossal in size,
complicated in its history, colourful in its culture and is a
nation state that most outsiders know little of. Much of the
existing narrative revolves around the country's first president,
Nursultan Nazarbayev. But his life can only be understood in the
context of the land in which he was born, raised and became a
leader. For centuries the tribes of Kazakhstan had been plundered
and conquered by foreign invaders. The most ruthless of these were
the 20th century leaders of the Soviet Union, but after its
collapse it was Nazarbayev who emerged as the new President of the
nation state. Jonathan Aitken's masterly book is a riveting account
of how Kazakhstan has capitalised on its natural resources
(including oil) to become one of the great economic success stories
of the modern era. Nazarbayev himself is widely admired as a
political leader and strategist, having overcome extraordinary
crises including hyperinflation, food shortages and the emigration
of two million people. However, his record on human rights is less
than perfect and the independence of the judiciary and the press
are questionable. Corruption is also widespread in Kazakh society.
The obstacles faced in becoming a successful economy are described
and examined honestly in this truly fascinating story.
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