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Author Goodson, Larry P.

Title Afghanistan's endless war : state failure, regional politics, and the rise of the Taliban / Larry P. Goodson.

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description xv, 264 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index.
Contents Afghanistan in the post-Cold War world -- Historical factors shaping modern Afghanistan -- Modern war in Afghanistan: destruction of a state -- Impact of the war on Afghan state and society -- Afghanistan and the changing regional environment -- The future of Afghanistan -- Appendix: major actors in modern Afghan history.
Summary Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned fundamentalists, Larry Goodson combines Taliban interviews and field research with concise analysis to explain what has been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years, and why the future of Afghanistan matters.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Note All rights reserved.
Subject Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001.
Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
Afghnistn -- Histoire -- 1989-2001.
Afghnistn -- Conditions sociales.
15.75 history of Asia. (NL-LeOCL)077599616
Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
Afghanistan. (OCoLC)fst01205406
Taliban
Afghanistan-Konflikt 1979-1989
Ethnische Gruppe
Politik
Soziale Situation
Afghanistan
Staatsvorming.
Burgeroorlogen.
Taliban.
Afghanistan-Konflikt <1979-1992>.
Chronological Term 1989-2001
Indexed Term Wars
Political change
Afghanistan
Taliban
Regional security
History
Overseas item
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic books.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
Added Title ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 0295980508 (alk. paper)
9780295980508 (alk. paper)
0295981113
9780295981116
9780295801582 (ebook)
Standard No. 2027/heb34605 hdl

 
    
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