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Rasanayagam, Angelo.
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Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.
Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century.
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Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition / Angelo Rasanayagam.
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Rasanayagam, Angelo.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : Distributed [in the U.S.] by Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Subjects
Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.
Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century.
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1860648460 :
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xviii, 301 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Pt. 1. The building of the state. The 'Iron Amir': Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901) -- The Afghan monarchy -- Daoud's modernization programme and the Pashtunistan issue (1953-63) -- The democratic experiment (1963-1973) -- The abolition of the monarchy and the Daoud presidency (1973-78) -- pt. 2. The descent into civil war and anarchy. The 'Saur Revolution' (1978-79) -- Prelude to the Soviet invasion -- The Sovietization of Afghanistan (1979-89) -- Pakistan, the United States and the Afghan Resistance -- The Geneva Accords and the Soviet withdrawl -- pt. 3. The disintegration of the state. The fragmentation of Afghanistan -- Afghan Buzkashi: the players and the stakes (1989-98) -- Regional and international reactions and repercussions -- Pakistan and the Taliban -- The withered state (1996-2001) -- pt. 4. The rude awakening. Holy war, unholy terror -- Winning a war, building the peace.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
958.103 Ra
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12/20/2012
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Adult Nonfiction
958.103 Ra
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958.103 Ra
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