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Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition

Since 11th September, Afganistan has dominated the news, as it often did during the Soviet occupation (1979-89). But even in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when its mountain ranges provided the arena where much of the Great Game was played out, Afganistan was the focal point of East-West relations. Squeezed between four empires - Russia, China, India and Persia - it has a tortured history that provides an extraordinary glimpse ointo the patterns of world movements. Today Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where a new Great Game is taking shape as the US positions itself into becomin

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  • "Since 11th September, Afganistan has dominated the news, as it often did during the Soviet occupation (1979-89). But even in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when its mountain ranges provided the arena where much of the Great Game was played out, Afganistan was the focal point of East-West relations. Squeezed between four empires - Russia, China, India and Persia - it has a tortured history that provides an extraordinary glimpse ointo the patterns of world movements. Today Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where a new Great Game is taking shape as the US positions itself into becomin"@en
  • "The first major history of modern Afghanistan, this book traces the country's development from the accession of Abdul Rahman Khan, the 'Iron Amir' in 1880, right up to the demise of the Taliban under US bombing over the winter of 2001, and the search for a new state structure in 2002."
  • ""The first major history of modern Afghanistan, this book traces the country's development from the accession of Abdul Rahman Khan, the 'Iron Amir' in 1880, right up to the demise of the Taliban under US bombing over the winter of 2001, and the search for a new state structure in 2002." -- Publisher."@en

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  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"@en
  • "Afghanistan"
  • "Afghanistan, a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? The problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan a modern history"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy?"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the muslim tradition"@en
  • "Afghanistan a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"@en
  • "Afghanistan: a modern history"@en
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy ? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy : The problems of governance in the muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan A Modern History"@en
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history"@en
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history; monarchy, despotism or democracy?; the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? The problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history ; monarchy, despotism or democracy? ; The problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"@en
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism of democracy? : the problems of governance in the Muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history ; monarchy, despotism or democracy? The problems of governance in the muslim tradition"
  • "Afghanistan : a modern history : monarchy, despotism or democracy? ; the problems of governance in the muslim tradition"

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