The wars of Afghanistan : messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great powers /

An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomsen, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2011]
Temas:
Terrorism > Afghanistan.
Messianism > Afghanistan.
Islam and politics > Afghanistan.
Tribes > Afghanistan.
Social conflict > Afghanistan.
Great powers.
Terrorisme > Afghānistān.
Messianisme > Afghānistān.
Tribus > Afghānistān.
Grandes puissances.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Great powers
Diplomatic relations
Islam and politics
Messianism
Politics and government
Social conflict
Terrorism
Tribes
Gewapende conflicten.
Afghanistan > Politics and government.
Afghanistan > History.
Afghanistan > History, Military.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations.
Afghānistān > Politique et gouvernement.
Afghānistān > Histoire.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan.
Electronic books.
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Tribal Incubator
  • Padshahgardi
  • Shatter Zone
  • Tribe and Mosque
  • Modernizing Monarchs
  • Red Sunrise
  • Part II: Fission
  • Commissar Meets Tribesman
  • Big Fox Catches Little Fox
  • Green Dawn
  • Insubordinate Puppets
  • The General's Vision
  • Part III. Mission to the Mujahidin
  • Mission Impossible
  • Potemkin Government
  • Pakistan Pivots
  • Tilting at Windmills
  • Wahhabi Emirate
  • Desperately Seeking Moderates
  • Irreconcilable Policies
  • From Marx to Mullahs
  • From One War to the Next
  • Part IV: America and Afghanistan
  • Unholy Alliance
  • Between the Lions
  • Yankee Meets Tribesman
  • From Victory to Stalemate
  • Needed: Real Change
  • The Way Ahead.

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