Basedonrarefirst-handhistoricaldata,WangKepresentstheanalysisoftheEastTurkestanfromtheperspectiveofIslamicsocialstructure,theoriginandevolutionofthoughtsonnationalrevolution,thepowerstructureoftheRepublic,andinternationalpolitics.TheoriginalJapaneseeditionofthisbookhasbeenrecognizedasthemostauthoritativeresearchworkontheindependencemovementofEastTurkestan.Thisrevised,enrichedEnglisheditionprovidesvaluablereferencesfortheprominentissuesofXinjiangtoday.
