Dynamics of political development in Afghanistan : the British, Russian, and American invasions

Author(s)

• Emadi, Hafizullah

Bibliographic Information

Dynamics of political development in Afghanistan : the British, Russian, and American invasions

Hafizullah Emadi

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage.

Table of Contents

Reform and Rebellion in Post-Independence Dawn of Political Liberalization Military Putsch and Regime Change State, Imperialism and Dissident Movements Mujahidin, Civil War, and the Taliban Post-Taliban Politics of Reconstruction

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Details

• NCID: BB05167784
• ISBN:
  • 9780230103894
• LCCN: 2009053896
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 288 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS357.5
  • DC22 : 958.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Afghanistan -- Politics and government
  • LCSH : Afghanistan -- Foreign relations
  • LCSH : Afghanistan -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Islam and state -- Afghanistan
  • LCSH : Social conflict -- Afghanistan