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Afghanistan's Endless War : State Failure, Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban by Larry P. Goodson (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Washington Press

ISBN-100295981113

ISBN-139780295981116

eBay Product ID (ePID)1879426

Product Key Features

Book TitleAfghanistan's Endless War : State Failure, Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAsia / Central Asia, Sociology / General, Fundamentalism

Publication Year2002

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Social Science, History

AuthorLarry P. Goodson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight20 oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN00-060701

Reviews"A comprehensive history of Afghan politics in the 20th century, highlighting the events leading up to the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan (which effectively instigated American involvement in the region). It's useful reading for anyone who wants a guide to the overall economic, social, cultural and political situation at the present moment."--New York Times Book Review

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal958.1

Table Of ContentContentsMaps and TablesPreface1. Afghanistan in the Post-Cold War World2. Historical Factors Shaping Modern Afghanistan3. Modern War in Afghanistan: Destruction of a State4. Impact of the War on Afghan State and Society5. Afghanistan and the Changing Regional Environment6. The Future of AfghanistanAppendix: Major Actors in Modern Afghan HistoryNotesGlossaryReferences CitedIndex

SynopsisGoing 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and the dispersal of some six million others as refugees to the complete collapse of its economy, which today has been replaced by monoagriculture in opium poppies and heroin production.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., A vivid political analysis of the disintegration of Afghanistan and its critical role in an increasingly important region of the post-Cold War world.