Edward A. Allworth is an American historian

Historian

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 who is Emeritus Professor of Turco-Soviet Studies at Columbia University

Columbia University

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Life

Allworth was formerly the director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia as well as director of the Program on Soviet Nationality Problems. He has published numerous books on the history of Central Asia

Central Asia

Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...

. During World War II he served as a Platoon Leader, 2d Lieutenant, and Adjutant, in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, in the Normandy invasion and the Division's battles thereafter through the Allied World War II victory in Northern Europe.

Works

Some of his contributions to the history, people and cultures of Central Asia:

• The nationality question in Soviet Central Asia, (editor) Praeger Publishers, 1973.
• The modern Uzbeks from the fourteenth century to the present : a cultural history, Hoover Press, 1990.
• Central Asia, 130 years of Russian dominance: A historical overview, (3 edition), Duke University Press, 1994
• Muslim Communities Reemerge: Historical Perspectives on Nationality, Politics, and Opposition in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia (co-editor), Duke University Press, 1994.
• The Tatars of Crimea: Return to the Homeland, Duke University Press, 1997.