01443nam a2200229 a 4500001001500000005001700015008004100032020003500073020003000108040000600138082002000144100001800164245007700182250001900259260003500278300002100313520064600334856008200980942001201062999001701074952012201091ASIN184511316020170105102925.0131211s2006    xxu                 eng d  a1845113160 (paperback)c$32.00  a9781845113162 (paperback)  a0  a958.1bSAI 20061 aSaikal, Amin.10aModern afghanistan :ba history of struggle and survival /cAmin Saikal.  aFirst Edition.  a[S.l.] :bI. B. Tauris,c2006.  a352 p. ;c22 cm.  aAfghanistan'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.403Amazon.comuhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845113160/chopaconline-20  2ddccBK  c15779d15779  001040708NFICaCIPSbCIPScGENd2013-10-02l1o958.1 SAI 2006pCIPS0002214r2026-02-12s2026-02-10w2013-12-11yBK