Afghanistan. A Short History of Its People and Politics. - EWANS, MARTIN
A Short History of Its People and Politics
KORTE INHOUD
Fascinating, comprehensive, and timely, Afghanistan examines the troubled history of a nation whose global relevance continues to hold the international spotlight. Reaching as far back as the seventh century A.D., when Arab armies imported the new religion of Islam into a predominantly Buddhist country, Martin Ewans shows how centuries of invasions, fierce tribal rivalries, and powerful dynasties led to the creation of an Afghan empire during the eighteenth century. From there he moves on to examine the various milestones on the country's road to the twenty-first century. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Afghanistan was caught up in the "Great Game," the struggle between Britain and Russia for supremacy in Central Asia, until it was finally able to declare independence in 1919. The ruling Afghan dynasty was overthrown by a communist coup in the 1970s, which was answered in turn by a Soviet invasion in 1979. Roughly a decade later, the Soviet Union was forced to withdraw and left Afghanista...
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Original publisher's light-brown paper-covered boards, ornamental dustjacket, large 8vo: xij, 244pp., 37 photographs, 8 maps, list illustrations & maps, appendix: Durrant Dynasty, chapternotes & references, general bibliography, index.Fine copy. Princeton, Princeton University Press. 1980 [Auteur: EWANS, MARTIN] [Jaar: 1980] [Titel: Afghanistan. A Short History of Its People and Politics.]
