Afghanistan: A Modern History - Softcover

Rasanayagam, Angelo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1850438579 ISBN 13: 9781850438571

Verlag: I.B. Tauris, 2010

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Book by Rasanayagam Angelo

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BBC Persian Service: "Well written, succinct, accessible, analytical, objective and balanced - this is one of the best introductions to the history of modern Afghanistan available to the general public." History Today: "This is a magisterial study of the troubled nation, from the accession of the Iron Amir in 1889 up to the Taliban, the war of the winter of 2001-02, and search for a new state structure thereafter". Sydney Morning Herald: "if you want an insider's interpretation of modern Afghanistan (and one that is remarkably free from one-sided ideology), this is an excellent primer." "fascinating book"LAW SOCIETY JOURNALRasanayagam offers valuable insights into a land once again abandoned by those who claimed to befriend it- and highlights the message sent by this abandonment to the region as a whole.

Reseña del editor:

Afghanistan dominates the news today, as it often did during the Soviet occupation two decades ago. But even in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the height of the Great Game, Afghanistan was the focal point of East-West relations. Squeezed between Russia, China, India and Persia, its tortured history provides an extraordinary glimpse into the patterns of world politics. Today, Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where a new Great Game is taking shape, pitched between America, its rivals and the peoples of Central Asia.

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• Verlag: I.B. Tauris
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1850438579
• ISBN 13: 9781850438571
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328