Princeton University Press, 2020. — 529 p. — ISBN 978-0-691-20218-1; ISBN 978-0-691-20221-1.
Sean R. Roberts is the Director of the International Development Studies program at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. This book is the product of this long-term research and employs a wide range of Uyghur language sources, including interviews with Uyghurs as well as Uyghur language documents and videos, which have previously not been analyzed in academic works.
Introduction
Colonialism, 1759–2001
How the Uyghurs became a ‘terrorist threat’
Myths and realities of the alleged ‘terrorist threat’ associated with Uyghurs
Colonialism meets counterterrorism, 2002–2012
The self-fulflling prophecy and the ‘People’s War on Terror,’ 2013–2016
Cultural genocide, 2017–2020
Conclusion