01307nam a2200217 a 4500 ASIN1845113160 20170105102925.0 131211s2006 xxu eng d 1845113160 (paperback) $32.00 9781845113162 (paperback) 0 958.1 SAI 2006 Saikal, Amin. Modern afghanistan : a history of struggle and survival / Amin Saikal. First Edition. [S.l.] : I. B. Tauris, 2006. 352 p. ; 22 cm. 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. Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845113160/chopaconline-20 ddc BK 15779 15779 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-10-02 1 958.1 SAI 2006 CIPS0002214 2026-02-12 2026-02-10 2013-12-11 BK