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Afghanistan's endless war : state failure, regional politics, and the rise of the Taliban / Larry P. Goodson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodson, Larry P.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghanistan--History--1989-2001.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) : maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2001]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index.
- Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
- ISBN:
- 9780295801582
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb34605 hdl
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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