The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System - Hardcover

Rubin, Barnett R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300095201 ISBN 13: 9780300095203

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

An examination of Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the fall of Najibullah, the last Soviet-installed president, in 1992. This edition, revised by the author, reflects developments since then and includes material on the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. Drawing on two decades of research, Barnett Rubin provides an account of the nature of the old regime, the rise and fall of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, and the troubled Mujahidin resistance. He relates all these phenomena to international actors, showing how the interaction of US policy and Pakistani and Saudi Arabian interests has helped to create the challenges of today. Rubin puts into context the continuing turmoil in Afghanistan and seeks to offer readers a coherent historical explanation for the country's social and political fragmentation.

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Barnett R. Rubin is professor of political science and director of studies and Senior Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. He previously served as director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations and was professor of political science at Yale and Columbia Universities. He serves as a consultant to ABC News and has been a regular guest on the NewsHour and The Charlie Rose Show.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300095201
• ISBN 13: 9780300095203
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 378
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