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Arms against fury : Magnum photographers in Afghanistan / edited by Robert Dannin.
LIBRA DS361 .A77 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Afghanistan--History--20th century.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--History--2001-2021.
- Afghanistan--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Afghanistan--History--2001---Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PowerHouse Books, 2002.
- Summary:
- Arms Against Fury examines the dramatic struggle of the Afghan people through the lens of Magnum photographers, dating back to cofounder George Rodger's documentation of the country's role in the Second World War. Ever since. Magnum's intrepid photographers have crisscrossed the country's striking landscape.
- Contents:
- Preface: Mohammad Fahim Dashty 13
- Introduction: Arms Against Fury 18
- 1 The Limits of Empire 23
- 2 First Blood 62
- 3 Between Communism and the Qur'an 94
- 4 Taliban Rising 136
- 5 The Future Unravels 164
- Afterword: Image and Identity in Afghanistan 224.
- ISBN:
- 1576871517
- OCLC:
- 49611150
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