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Afghanistan : (Record no. 15798)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field ASIN0691145687
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20170105102925.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 131211s2010 xxu eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0691145687 (hardcover)
Terms of availability $29.95
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691145686 (hardcover)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency 0
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 958.1
Author Mark BAR 2010
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Barfield, Thomas.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Afghanistan :
Remainder of title a cultural and political history /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Thomas Barfield.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First Edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [S.l.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 408 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Princeton studies in muslim politics.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Princeton studies in muslim politics.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Amazon.com
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          Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) General Stacks 10/02/2013   958.1 BAR 2010 CIPS0002144 12/11/2013 12/11/2013 Book
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