Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History, Barfield Thomas
Новое издание
Автор: Djabourov, Madeleine (ecole Superieure De Physique Et De Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris) Nishinari, Katsuyoshi Ross-murphy, Simon B. (univ Название: Shakespeare survey: volume 63, shakespeare`s english histories and their afterlives ISBN: 0691238561 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691238562 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщикаПоставка под заказ. Описание: A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political cultureAfghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them. He shows how governing these peoples was relatively easy when power was concentrated in a small dynastic elite, but how this delicate political order broke down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Afghanistan's rulers mobilized rural militias to expel first the British and later the Soviets.
Armed insurgency proved remarkably successful against the foreign occupiers, but it also undermined the Afghan government's authority and rendered the country ever more difficult to govern as time passed. Barfield vividly describes how Afghanistan's armed factions plunged the country into a civil war, giving rise to clerical rule by the Taliban and Afghanistan's isolation from the world. He examines why the American invasion in the wake of September 11 toppled the Taliban so quickly, and how this easy victory lulled the United States into falsely believing that a viable state could be built just as easily.
Afghanistan is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how a land conquered and ruled by foreign dynasties for more than a thousand years became the "graveyard of empires" for the British and Soviets, and why the United States failed to avoid the same fate.
Старое издание
Автор: Burde Dana Название: Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan ISBN: 0231169280 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231169288 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Dana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the 1980s through violence-infused, anti-Soviet curricula and inadvertently in the 2000s through misguided stabilization programs
Автор: NOELLE, CHRISTINE Название: State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan ISBN: 0700706291 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700706297 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This text shifts the focus of debate from the geo-strategic concern with Afghanistan as the bone of contention between imperial Russian and British interests to a thorough investigation of the sociopolitical circumstances prevailing within the country during the early Muhammadzai era.
Описание: What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice.
Автор: Stenersen Название: Al-Qaida in Afghanistan ISBN: 1107075130 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107075139 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 13938.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Since 9/11, al-Qaida has become one of the most infamous and widely discussed terrorist organizations in the world, with affiliates spread across the globe. However, little-known are the group's activities within Afghanistan itself, something which Anne Stenersen examines in this book. Using an array of unique primary sources, she presents an alternative narrative of al-Qaida's goals and strategies prior to 9/11. She argues that al-Qaida's actions were not just an ideological expression of religious fanaticism and violent anti-Americanism, but that they were actually far more practical and organised, with a more revolutionary and Middle Eastern-focused agenda than previously thought. Through Stenersen's analysis, we see how al-Qaida employed a dual strategy: with a small section focused on staging international terrorist attacks, but at the same time a larger part dedicated to building a resilient and cohesive organization that would ultimately serve as a vanguard for future Islamist revolutions.
Название: Afghanistan, pakistan and strategic change ISBN: 0415856566 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415856560 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyses the nature of the current strategic changes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, and seeks to outline possible future scenarios and to examine policy options for the West.
Автор: Jones Seth G. Название: In the Graveyard of Empires: America`s War in Afghanistan ISBN: 0393338517 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393338515 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan from the rise of the Taliban to the depths of the insurgency.
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