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Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes
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Author : Nile Green
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes written by Nile Green and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Recent international intervention in Afghanistan has reproduced familiar versions of the Afghan national story, from repeatedly doomed invasions to perpetual fault lines of ethnic division. Yet almost no attention has been paid to the ways in which Afghans themselves have made sense of their history. Radically questioning received ideas about how to understand Afghanistan, Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes asks how Afghan intellectuals, ideologues and ordinary people have understood their collective past. The book brings together the leading international specialists to focus on case studies of the Dari, Pashto and Uzbek histories which Afghans have produced in abundance since the formation of the Afghan state in the mid-eighteenth century. As crucial sources on Afghans' own conceptions of state, society and culture, their writings help us understand the dominant and marginal, conflicting and changing, ways in which Afghans have understood the emergence of their own society and its relationships with the wider world. Based on new research in Afghan languages, Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes opens up entirely fresh perspectives on Afghan political, social and cultural life, providing penetrating insights into the master narratives behind domestic and international conflict in Afghanistan.
Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes
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Author : Nile Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes written by Nile Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Afghanistan categories.
Recent international intervention in Afghanistan has reproduced familiar versions of the Afghan national story, from repeatedly doomed invasions to perpetual fault lines of ethnic division. Yet almost no attention has been paid to the ways in which Afghans have made sense of their history themselves. Radically questioning received ideas about how to understand Afghanistan, Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes asks how Afghan intellectuals, ideologues and ordinary people have understood their collective past. The book brings together the leading international specialists to focus on case studies of the Dari, Pashto and Uzbek histories which Afghans have produced in abundance since the formation of the Afghan state in the mid-eighteenth century.
No Good Men Among The Living
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Author : Anand Gopal
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Release Date : 2014-04-29
No Good Men Among The Living written by Anand Gopal and has been published by Metropolitan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with Political Science categories.
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE Anand Gopal's No Good Men Among the Living stunningly lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. "Essential reading for anyone concerned about how America got Afghanistan so wrong. A devastating, well-honed prosecution detailing how our government bungled the initial salvo in the so-called war on terror, ignored attempts by top Taliban leaders to surrender, trusted the wrong people, and backed a feckless and corrupt Afghan regime . . . It is ultimately the most compelling account I've read of how Afghans themselves see the war." --The New York Times Book Review In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality. Through their dramatic stories emerges a stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead.
Afghanistan
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Author : Jonathan L. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2022-03-08
Afghanistan written by Jonathan L. Lee and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-08 with History categories.
A colossal history of Afghanistan from its earliest organization into a coherent state up to its turbulent present. Located at the intersection of Asia and the Middle East, Afghanistan has been strategically important for thousands of years. Its ancient routes and strategic position between India, Inner Asia, China, Persia, and beyond has meant the region has been subject to frequent invasions, both peaceful and military. As a result, modern Afghanistan is a culturally and ethnically diverse country, but one divided by conflict, political instability, and by mass displacements of its people. In this magisterial illustrated history, Jonathan L. Lee tells the story of how a small tribal confederacy in a politically and culturally significant but volatile region became a modern nation-state. Drawing on more than forty years of study, Lee places the current conflict in Afghanistan in its historical context and challenges many of the West’s preconceived ideas about the country. Focusing particularly on the powerful Durrani monarchy, which united the country in 1747 and ruled for nearly two and a half centuries, Lee chronicles the origins of the dynasty as clients of Safavid Persia and Mughal India: the reign of each ruler and their efforts to balance tribal, ethnic, regional, and religious factions; the struggle for social and constitutional reform; and the rise of Islamic and Communist factions. Along the way, he offers new cultural and political insights from Persian histories, the memoirs of Afghan government officials, British government and India Office archives, and recently released CIA reports and Wikileaks documents. He also sheds new light on the country’s foreign relations, its internal power struggles, and the impact of foreign military interventions such as the “War on Terror.”
A Brief History Of Afghanistan
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Author : Shaista Wahab
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2007
A Brief History Of Afghanistan written by Shaista Wahab and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Afghanistan categories.
Located along the busy trade routes between Asia and Europe, Afghanistan was for centuries a place where a diverse set of cultures met and exchanged goods and ideas.
The Afghans
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Author : Nadeem Akbar
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2008-02-12
The Afghans written by Nadeem Akbar and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-12 with Fiction categories.
The novel follows years of tumultuous Afghani history through the story of a prominent Afghan family. The story spans theinvasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan, the reign of the Taliban government, the hope of withdrawal and the bittersweet blessing of a shattered but free Afghanistan. From valiantly fighting against Soviet Russia as part of the Afghan resistance movement, to ensuring the success of a vicious drug trade,this sweeping epic ensures a gripping climax and maintains the sincerity and compassion of a family saga.
Modern Afghanistan
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Author : Amin Saikal
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2004-08-27
Modern Afghanistan written by Amin Saikal and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-27 with History categories.
Afghanistan's history is a sad one. This book provides an understanding of this troubled country that grounds Afghanistan's problems in rivalries stemming from a series of dynastic alliances within the successive royal families, from the end of the eighteenth century to the pro-Communist coup of 1978.
Games Without Rules
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Author : Tamim Ansary
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2012-11-27
Games Without Rules written by Tamim Ansary and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-27 with History categories.
Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real; but it sits atop an older struggle, between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan: a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam. Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his Afghan background, Muslim roots, and Western and Afghan sources to explain history from the inside out, and to illuminate the long, internal struggle that the outside world has never fully understood. It is the story of a nation struggling to take form, a nation undermined by its own demons while, every 40 to 60 years, a great power crashes in and disrupts whatever progress has been made. Told in conversational, storytelling style, and focusing on key events and personalities, Games without Rules provides revelatory insight into a country at the center of political debate.
History Of Afghanistan
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Author : Percy Sykes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-10
History Of Afghanistan written by Percy Sykes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-10 with Social Science categories.
First published in 2007. This title combines two volumes of work; fifty-eight chapters dissecting the history of Afghanistan with sketch maps and illustrations throughout. Sykes argues that few countries present problems of greater interest to the historian than landlocked Afghanistan, the counterpart in Asia of Switzerland in Europe. Their studies cover the prehistory in the Near East, going through the history of each dynasty up to the early 1900s. A key text for historians, students and those interested in the complex history of the country.
Afghanistan A New History
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Author : Sir Martin Ewans
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11-14
Afghanistan A New History written by Sir Martin Ewans and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-14 with History categories.
Sir Martin Ewans, former Head of the British Chancery in Kabul, puts into an historical and contemporary context the series of tragic events that have impinged on Afghanistan in the past fifty years. The book examines the roots of these developments in Afghanistan's earlier history and external relationships, as well as their contemporary relevance