ISBN:
9780312299101
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 260 p)
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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Keywords:
Culture Study and teaching
;
Islam
;
Ethnology Asia
;
Asia History
;
Asia Politics and government
;
Middle East Politics and government
;
Politics and war
Abstract:
This book describes the turbulent political history of Afghanistan from the communist upheaval of the 1970s through to the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001. It reviews the importance of the region to external powers and explains why warfare and instability have been endemic. The author analyses in detail the birth of the Taliban and the bloody rise to power of fanatic Islamists, including Osama bin Laden, in the power vacuum following the withdrawal of US aid. Looking forward, Nojumi explores the ongoing quest for a third political movement in Afghanistan - an alternative to radical communists or fanatical Islamists and suggests the support that will be neccessary from the international community in order for such a movement to survive
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-312-29910-1
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