Modern Afghanistan : a history of struggle and survival - Saikal, Amin, 1950-; Ravan Farhadi, A. G.; Nourzhanov, Kirill (2012)
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.
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.
Keywords: Afghanistan -- History; Afghanistan -- Politics and government