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Afghanistan
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Author : Thomas Barfield
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-29
Afghanistan written by Thomas Barfield and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-29 with History categories.
A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political culture Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them. He shows how governing these peoples was relatively easy when power was concentrated in a small dynastic elite, but how this delicate political order broke down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Afghanistan's rulers mobilized rural militias to expel first the British and later the Soviets. Armed insurgency proved remarkably successful against the foreign occupiers, but it also undermined the Afghan government's authority and rendered the country ever more difficult to govern as time passed. Barfield vividly describes how Afghanistan's armed factions plunged the country into a civil war, giving rise to clerical rule by the Taliban and Afghanistan's isolation from the world. He examines why the American invasion in the wake of September 11 toppled the Taliban so quickly, and how this easy victory lulled the United States into falsely believing that a viable state could be built just as easily. Afghanistan is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how a land conquered and ruled by foreign dynasties for more than a thousand years became the "graveyard of empires" for the British and Soviets, and what the United States must do to avoid a similar fate.
Afghanistan And Its Neighbors
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Author : Marvin G. Weinbaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Afghanistan And Its Neighbors written by Marvin G. Weinbaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Afghanistan categories.
The fate of Afghanistan and the success of U.S. and coalition efforts to stabilize Afghanistan will in large measure be affected by the current and future policies pursued by its varied proximate and distal neighbors. Weinbaum evaluates the courses of action Afghanistan's key neighbors are likely to take.
Bleeding Afghanistan
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Author : Sonali Kolhatkar
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2011-01-04
Bleeding Afghanistan written by Sonali Kolhatkar and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with History categories.
Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of U.S. policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post-9/11 era. Drawing from declassified government documents and on-the-ground interviews with Afghan activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, Bleeding Afghanistan examines the connections between the U.S. training and arming of Mujahideen commanders and the subversion of Afghan democracy today. Bleeding Afghanistan boldly critiques the exploitation of Afghan women to justify war by both conservatives and liberals, analyzes uncritical media coverage of U.S. policies, and examines the ways in which the U.S. benefits from being in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan In Pictures
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Author : Alison Behnke
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Afghanistan In Pictures written by Alison Behnke and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An introduction to the geography, history, government, people, and economy of this landlocked country with a long history of warfare and conquest.
The Rise Of The Taliban In Afghanistan
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Author : N. Nojumi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-30
The Rise Of The Taliban In Afghanistan written by N. Nojumi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with Social Science categories.
This book describes the turbulent political history of Afghanistan from the communist upheaval of the 1970s through to the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001. It reviews the importance of the region to external powers and explains why warfare and instability have been endemic. The author analyses in detail the birth of the Taliban and the bloody rise to power of fanatic Islamists, including Osama bin Laden, in the power vacuum following the withdrawal of US aid. Looking forward, Nojumi explores the ongoing quest for a third political movement in Afghanistan - an alternative to radical communists or fanatical Islamists and suggests the support that will be neccessary from the international community in order for such a movement to survive.
Afghanistan The People
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Author : Erinn Banting
language : en
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Release Date : 2003
Afghanistan The People written by Erinn Banting and has been published by Crabtree Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explores how the history, climate, geography, ethnology, wars, and religion of Afghanistan have shaped the customs and practices of modern daily life in the mountains, deserts, and cities.
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, internally, regionally, and globally. The book also reviews in details the emergence of the Taliban, their ideology and their place within Islam, and examines Afghanistan's relevance in global issues, notably the nature of Islamic extremism, the international drugs trade and international terrorism. It ends with an analysis of the country post-Taliban.
The Afghanistan Papers
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Author : Craig Whitlock
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-08-31
The Afghanistan Papers written by Craig Whitlock and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with HISTORY categories.
"The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history"--
Pakistan And Afghanistan
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Author : Marvin G. Weinbaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Pakistan And Afghanistan written by Marvin G. Weinbaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Afghanistan categories.
State Formation In Afghanistan
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Author : Mujib Rahman Rahimi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-17
State Formation In Afghanistan written by Mujib Rahman Rahimi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-17 with History categories.
The creation of Afghanistan in 1880, following the Second Anglo-Afghan War, gave an empowering voice to the Pashtun people, the largest ethnic group in a diverse country. In order to distil the narrative of the state's formation and early years, a Pashtun-centric version of history dominated Afghan history and the political process from 1880 to the 1970s. Alternative discourses made no appearance in the fledgling state which lacked the scholarly institutions and any sense of recognition for history, thus providing no alternatives to the narratives produced by the British, whose quasi-colonial influence in the region was supreme. Since 1970, the ongoing crises in Afghanistan have opened the space for non-Pashtuns, including Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks, to form new definitions of identity, challenge the official discourse and call for the re-writing of the long-established narrative. At the same time, the Pashtun camp, through their privileged position in the political settlements of 2001, have attempted to confront the desire for change in historical perceptions by re-emphasising the Pashtun domination of Afghan history. This crisis of hegemony has led to a deep antagonism between the Pashtun and non-Pashtun perspectives of Afghan history and threatens the stability of political process in the country.