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Afghanistan's history is a sad one: Soviet invasion in 1979; Pakistan-backed internal conflict in the 1980s; the Taliban regime and then the US invasion after the catastrophe of September 11th. Why does Afghanistan remain so vulnerable to domestic instability, foreign intervention and ideological extremism? Amin Saikal provides us with a sweeping new 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. This is the definitive study of Afghanistan.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 From Tribal Confederacy to National Coalescence
Chapter 2 National Awakening and Nationalism
Chapter 3 Independence and Radical Modernisation
Chapter 4 The Nadiri Dynasty: Politics of National Gradualism and 'Royal Dualism'
Chapter 5 The Cold War and the Rise of a Rentier State
Chapter 6 Experiment with Democracy, 1963-1973
Chapter 7 Daoud's Republicanism
Chapter 8 Communist Rule, the Soviet Invasion and Resistance
Chapter 9 Mujahideen Islamic Rule and Taliban Extremism
Chapter 10 US Intervention and the Karzai era
Conclusion
Chapter 1 From Tribal Confederacy to National Coalescence
Chapter 2 National Awakening and Nationalism
Chapter 3 Independence and Radical Modernisation
Chapter 4 The Nadiri Dynasty: Politics of National Gradualism and 'Royal Dualism'
Chapter 5 The Cold War and the Rise of a Rentier State
Chapter 6 Experiment with Democracy, 1963-1973
Chapter 7 Daoud's Republicanism
Chapter 8 Communist Rule, the Soviet Invasion and Resistance
Chapter 9 Mujahideen Islamic Rule and Taliban Extremism
Chapter 10 US Intervention and the Karzai era
Conclusion
Product details
| Published | Aug 27 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 9780857714787 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 1 map |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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