ISBN:
0520228618
,
0520228596
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 354 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
958.104/5
Keywords:
Amin, Qazi Muhammad
;
Safi, Samiullah
;
Amin, Qazi Muhammad
;
Safi, Samiullah
;
Tarahʹkī, Nūr Muḥammad
;
Taliban
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Geschichte 1978-1988
;
Politiek geweld
;
Geschichte
;
Politiker
;
Vorgeschichte
;
Afghanistan History 20th century
;
Afghanistan History Saur Revolution, 1978
;
Afghanistan History Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
;
Afghanistan
;
Afghanistan
;
Politiker
;
Geschichte 1978-1988
;
Afghanistan
;
Geschichte 1978-1988
;
Afghanistan
;
Taliban
;
Vorgeschichte
Abstract:
David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history -- Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad -- to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy of discord, destruction, and despair. Each of the men Edwards profiles were engaged in the political struggles of the country's recent history. They hoped to see Afghanistan become a more just and democratic nation. But their visions for their country were radically different, and in the end, all three failed and were killed or exiled.
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