Modern Afghanistan : a history of struggle and survival / Amin Saikal ; with assistance from Ravan Farhadi and Kirill Nourzhanov.
Material type:
TextEdition: New revised paperback edition, New updated editionDescription: x, 389 pages : map ; 22 cmISBN: 9781780761220 (pbk.)Subject(s): Afghanistan -- History | Afghanistan -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 958.1 LOC classification: DS359 | .S24 2012| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book
|
Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | NFIC | General Stacks | 958.1 SAI 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0000449 | ||
|
Book
|
Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 958.1 SAI 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0000757 |
First published in hardback in 2004 by I.B. Tauris & Co. LTD; first published in paperback in 2006 by I.B. Tauris & Co. LTD.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-380) and index.
From tribal confederacy to national coalescence -- National awakening and nationalism -- Independence and radical modernisation -- The Nadiri dynasty: politics of national gradualism and 'royal dualism' -- The cold war and the rise of a rentier state -- Experiment with a democracy, 1963-1973 -- Daoud's republicanism -- Communist rule, the Soviet invasion and resistance -- Mujahideen Islamic rule and Taliban extremism -- US intervention and the Karzai era.
There are no comments on this title.