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 Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN: 0813337984
Release Date: Jan 4, 2002
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In this broad introductory volume, Ralph Magnus and Eden Naby, whose intimacy with Afghanistan spans three decades each, detail the country's physical situation, human environment, and modern history, as well as the rise and fall of competing internal forces, most recently the Taliban. The authors offer analytical insight into Afghanistan's political position within the restructured Central Asian region, the ethnic relationships that complicate its political history, and the potential for stability.
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Middle Eastern scholars Magnus and Naby, whose intimacy with Afghanistan spans three decades each, detail the country's physical situation, human environment, and modern history, as well as the rise and fall of competing internal forces, most recently the Taliban. The authors offer analytical insight into Afghanistan's political position within the restructured Central Asian region, the ethnic relationships that complicate its political history, and the potential for stability
| |  | | | | List of Illustrations | | | Foreword | | | Preface | | | 1 | Introduction | 1 | | Features of Physical Geography | 2 | | Geographic Zones | 5 | | Agriculture and Irrigation | 7 | | Demography | 9 | | Ethnic Groups, Languages, and Structures | 11 | | Lifestyles | 17 | | Worldview | 22 | | 2 | Afghan History to 1973 | 24 | | The Afghan Empire | 25 | | The Muhammadzai Dynasty and the Great Game (1826-1919) | 32 | | The Period of the Independent Afghan Monarchy | 40 | | Socioeconomic Developments of the Liberal Democratic Period | 47 | | The Legacy of Imperialism | 50 | | The Legacy of the Cold War | 52 | | 3 | Geopolitics Then and Now | 54 | | Prosperity and Diversity Along the Silk Road | 55 | | A Dangerous Neighborhood | 58 | | The Geopolitical Background of the Soviet Invasion | 60 | | The Politics of Physical Geography | 64 | | The Geopolitics of the Jihad | 66 | | The Geopolitics of the Islamic State | 68 | | 4 | Traditional Afghan Islam | 70 | | Islamic Institutions and the State | 74 | | The Belief Systems and Their Sociopolitical Implications | 81 | | Loyalties and Identities | 92 | | Sufi Orders and Other Forms of Confrereship | 94 | | The Future of Traditional Islam | 97 | | 5 | Marx Among the Afghans | 98 | | The Origins of Reformists and Marxists | 99 | | The Soviet Union and Afghan Marxists | 104 | | The Liberal Constitutional Period (1963-1973) | 106 | | Sharing Power: The First Afghan Republic | 115 | | Marxists with Illusions: The Taraki-Amin Years (1978-1979) | 122 | | Marxists Disillusioned: Karmal and Najibullah (1979-1989) | 128 | | 6 | Holy Warriors, Mujahidin, and Fighting for Islam | 135 | | The Mujahidin Position and Kabul | 137 | | The Three-Branched Afghan Mujahidin | 149 | | 7 | Beyond War: Afghanistan in Post-Cold War Central Asia | 158 | | Legitimacy | 161 | | Islamic Politics | 171 | | Regional Cooperation | 176 | | The Taliban Movement: Internal and International Aspects | 179 | | The Future for Peace | 192 | | App. A: Bibliographic Essay | 197 | | App. B | Modern Period Rulers of Afghanistan | 201 | | App. C | Chronology of Afghan and Regional Events, 1747-1997 | 205 | | App. D | Glossary of Afghan Terms | 245 | | Notes | 249 | | Index | 265 |
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