Afghanistan A Short History of Its People and Politics

Author: Ewans, Martin
Title: Afghanistan A Short History of Its People and Politics
Publication: New York: Harper, 2002

Description: Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.

Unmarked. Probbly never been read. ; Book Description; Dust Jacket is intact . Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square and with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Reaching as far back as the seventh century A. D. , when Arab armies imported the new religion of Islam into a predominantly Buddhist country, Martin Ewans shows how centuries of invasions, fierce tribal rivalries, and powerful dynasties led to the creation of an Afghan empire during the eighteenth century. From there he moves on to examine the various milestones on the country's road to the twenty-first century. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Afghanistan was caught up in the "Great Game," the struggle between Britain and Russia for supremacy in Central Asia, until it was finally able to declare independence in 1919. The ruling Afghan dynasty was overthrown by a communist coup in the 1970s, which was answered in turn by a Soviet invasion in 1979. Roughly a decade later, the Soviet Union was forced to withdraw and left Afghanistan with a civil war that was to tear apart the nation's last remnants of religious and ethnic unity. It was into this climate that the Taliban was born. ; B&W Photographs; 9.21 X 6.46 X 1.10 inches; 244 pages DQ5.

Seller ID: 18562

Subject: History, Travel