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Afghanistan's Endless War - Larry P. Goodson

Afghanistan's Endless War

State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban
Buch | Hardcover
279 Seiten
2015
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-99594-6 (ISBN)
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Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned Taliban fundamentalists, Larry Goodson explains in this concise analysis of the Afghan war what has really been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years.

Beginning with the reasons behind Afghanistan’s inability to forge a strong state -- its myriad cleavages along ethnic, religious, social, and geographical fault lines -- Goodson then examines the devastating course of the war itself. He charts its utter destruction of the country, from the deaths of more than 2 million Afghans and the dispersal of some six million others as refugees to the complete collapse of its economy, which today has been replaced by monoagriculture in opium poppies and heroin production. The Taliban, some of whose leaders Goodson interviewed as recently as 1997, have controlled roughly 80 percent of the country but themselves have shown increasing discord along ethnic and political lines.

Larry P. Goodson is associate professor of international studies at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Maps and Tables

Preface

Afghanistan in the Post-Cold War World

Historical Factors Shaping Modern Afghanistan

Modern War in Afghanistan: Destruction of a State

Impact of the War on Afghan State and Society

Afghanistan and the Changing Regional Environment

The Future of Afghanistan

Appendix: Major Actors in Modern Afghan History

Notes

Glossary

References Cited

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.7.2015
Verlagsort Seattle
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 554 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie Volkskunde
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-295-99594-7 / 0295995947
ISBN-13 978-0-295-99594-6 / 9780295995946
Zustand Neuware
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