000 02924cam a2200481 a 4500
001 ocm57061999
003 OCoLC
005 20180815110820.0
008 041101s2005 enkb e b 001 0 eng
015 _aGBA484863
_2bnb
016 7 _a013046917
_2Uk
020 _a1850438579
_q(pbk.)
020 _a9781850438571
_q(pbk.)
029 1 _aAU@
_b000040031684
029 1 _aAU@
_b000045231774
029 1 _aCHSLU
_b001022332
029 1 _aCHVBK
_b029289696
029 1 _aNZ1
_b12223706
029 1 _aNZ1
_b12489329
029 1 _aNZ1
_b8984535
029 1 _aUNITY
_b080713947
029 1 _aYDXCP
_b2190190
029 1 _aAU@
_b000060447288
035 _a(OCoLC)57061999
_z(OCoLC)212428945
_z(OCoLC)224041787
_z(OCoLC)261360844
040 _aUKM
_beng
_cUKM
_dOCLCQ
_dBAKER
_dC#P
_dNLGGC
_dYDXCP
_dBTCTA
_dOCL
_dKAAUA
_dAU@
_dBDX
_dSGB
_dOCLCF
_dCHVBK
_dOCLCQ
_dOCL
_dOCLCQ
_dDHA
_dOCLCQ
043 _aa-af---
050 1 4 _aDS361
_b.R36 2005
082 0 4 _a958.104
_222
084 _a15.75
_2bcl
100 _aRasanayagam, Angelo.
_941093
245 1 0 _aAfghanistan :
_ba modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition /
_cAngelo Rasanayagam.
250 _aNew ed.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bI.B. Tauris,
_c2005.
300 _axvi, 311 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm
500 _aOriginally published: 2003.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.
505 0 _apt. I: The Building of the State: 1. The 'Iron Amir': Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901) -- 2. The Afghan Monarchy -- 3. Daoud's Modernization Programme and the Pashtunistan Issue (1953-63) -- The Democratic Experiment (1963-73) -- 5. The Abolition of the Monarchy and the Daoud Presidency (1973-78) -- pt. II: The Descent into Civil War and Anarchy: 6. The 'Saur Revolution' (1978-79) -- 7. Prelude to the Soviet Invasion -- 8. The Sovietization of Afghanistan (1979-89) -- 9. Pakistan, the United States and the Afghan Resistance -- 10. The Geneva Accords and the Soviet Withdrawal -- pt. III: The Disintegration of the State: 11. The Fragmentation of Afghanistan -- 12. Afghan Buzkashi: The Players and the Stakes (1989-98) -- 13. Regional and International Reactions and Repercussions -- 14. Pakistan and the Taliban -- 15. The Withered State (1996-2001) -- pt. IV: The Rude Awakening: 16. Holy War, Unholy Terror -- 17. Winning a War, Building the Peace.
520 _aThe first major history of modern Afghanistan, this book traces the country's development from the accession of Abdul Rahman Khan, the 'Iron Amir' in 1880, right up to the demise of the Taliban under US bombing over the winter of 2001, and the search for a new state structure in 2002.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_941094
_z19th century.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_941095
942 _2ddc
_cNONFIC
948 _hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 165 OTHER HOLDINGS
999 _c10526
_d10526