Silk Road to Ruin : Why Central Asia is the Next Middle East.

NBM Publishing, 2014.

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Part graphic novel travelogue, part tongue-in-cheek travel guide, this collection gathers the adventures of caustic cartoonist Ted Rall in the wild and woolly central Asian countries, a veritable powder keg sitting atop the oil the world will need tomorrow. The book combines articles with comics in chapters that relate Rall's experiences retracing the legendary Silk Road, from the sublime history of China to the absurdity of the present-day petty dictatorships of the The 'Stans, to which the author had the temerityor perhaps stupidityto return, including once with a group of listeners on his radio show, on a dare. This always-lively compendium offers readers an exotic adventure, satire, and a fun way to find out more about an often overlooked part of the world that looms in importance with its immense, and immensely coveted, reserves of oil.

Underground and independent comics, comix, and graphic novels. Volume 3, The modern age. OCLC KB.

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June 05, 2024