| Description/Quantity |
780 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1.Afghan Sultanates, 1260--1732 -- 2.Nadir Shah and the Afghans, 1732--47 -- 3.Ahmad Shah and the Durrani Empire, 1747--72 -- 4.Fragmentation: Timur Shah and his Successors, 1772--1824 -- 5.Afghanistan and the Indus Frontier, 1824--39 -- 6.The Death of the 'Great Experiment', 1839--43 -- 7.The Pursuit of 'Scientific Frontiers', 1843--79 -- 8.'Reducing the Disorderly People', 1879--1901 -- 9.Reform and Repression, 1901--19 -- 10.Dreams Melted into Air, 1919--29 -- 11.Backs to the Future, 1929--33 -- 12.A House Divided, 1933--73 -- 13.Republicanism, Revolution and Resistance, 1973--94 -- 14.'Between the Dragon and his Wrath', 1994--2017. |
| Summary |
Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present Day tells the story of how a small tribal confederacy became a modern nation state. Jonathan L. Lee places the current conflict in Afghanistan in its historical context and challenges many of the West's preconceived ideas about the country. Lee chronicles the origins of the region's monarchic rules and the Durrani dynasty, while focusing on the reigns of each ruler, their efforts to balance tribal, ethnic, regional and religious factions, the struggle for social and constitutional reform and the rise of Islamic and Communist factions. He offers new cultural and political insights from Persian histories, the memoirs of Afghan government officials, British government and India Office archives, recently released CIA reports and Wikileaks documents. Lee also sheds new light on the country's foreign relations, its internal power struggles and the impact of foreign military interventions such as the 'War on Terror'. |
| Subject |
Afghanistan -- Ethnic relations.
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Afghanistan -- Politics and government.
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Afghanistan -- Foreign relations.
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Afghanistan -- Religion.
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Afghanistan -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781789140101 |
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1789140102 |
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