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THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great Powers

THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great Powers

THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the

THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great Powers

by Peter Tomsen

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New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. cloth, pp., xxxviii, 849, dust jacket, (NOT price-clipped) first edition, (stated, with full number line) in protective mylar, CONTENTS: Part I: Tribal Incubator -- Padshahgardi -- Shatter Zone -- Tribe and Mosque -- Modernizing Monarchs -- Red Sunrise -- Part II: Fission -- Commissar Meets Tribesman -- Big Fox Catches Little Fox -- Green Dawn -- Insubordinate Puppets -- The General's Vision -- Part III. Mission to the Mujahidin -- Mission Impossible -- Potemkin Government -- Pakistan Pivots -- Tilting at Windmills -- Wahhabi Emirate -- Desperately Seeking Moderates -- Irreconcilable Policies -- From Marx to Mullahs -- From One War to the Next -- Part IV: America and Afghanistan -- Unholy Alliance -- Between the Lions -- Yankee Meets Tribesman -- From Victory to Stalemate -- Needed: Real Change -- The Way Ahead. " This revelatory, unprecedented, insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s, and of U.S. involvement, is indispensable reading for anyone concerned about the current war.".

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Bookseller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great Powers
Author
Peter Tomsen
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
1586487639
ISBN 13
9781586487638
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2011
Size
8vo,.
Keywords
Afghanistan-Konflikt (1979-1992), Afghanistankrieg (2001),Internationale Politik., Afghanistan., Pakistan., Islam and politics -- Afghanistan., Messianism -- Afghanistan., Social conflict -- Afghanistan., Terrorism -- Afghanistan., Afghanistan -- Politic
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