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

Goodson, Larry P.

ISBN 10: 0295981113 / ISBN 13: 9780295981116

Edité par Univ of Washington Pr, 2001

Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. N° de réf. du vendeur M03G-04829

Synopsis :

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and the dispersal of some six million others as refugees to the complete collapse of its economy, which today has been replaced by monoagriculture in opium poppies and heroin production.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 controled roughly 80 percent of the country but themselves have shown increasing discord along ethnic and political lines.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, ...
Éditeur : Univ of Washington Pr
Date d'édition : 2001
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette