Before Taliban : genealogies of the Afghan jihad /
David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history -- Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad -- to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy of discor...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history -- Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad -- to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy of discord, destruction, and despair. Each of the men Edwards profiles were engaged in the political struggles of the country's recent history. They hoped to see Afghanistan become a more just and democratic nation. But their visions for their country were radically different, and in the end, all three failed and were killed or exiled. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520926875 0520926870 1417520256 9781417520251 052090060X 9780520900608 1597344850 9781597344852 9780520228597 0520228596 9780520228610 0520228618 |