The War for Afghanistan: A Very Brief History : : From Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History / / Thomas Barfield.

When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfi...

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520 |a When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfield shows, the history of previous efforts to build governments in Afghanistan does much to explain the difficulties besetting this newest experiment. Princeton Shorts are brief selections taken from influential Princeton University Press books and produced exclusively in ebook format. Providing unmatched insight into important contemporary issues or timeless passages from classic works of the past, Princeton Shorts enable you to be an instant expert in a world where information is everywhere but quality is at a premium. 
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650 0 |a Islam and politics  |z Afghanistan  |x History. 
650 7 |a HISTORY / Middle East / General.  |2 bisacsh 
653 |a Abdul Ahad Karzai. 
653 |a Abdul Haq (Afghan leader). 
653 |a Abdul Rashid Dostum. 
653 |a Abuse of power. 
653 |a Afghan refugees. 
653 |a Afghanistan. 
653 |a Afghanistanism. 
653 |a Al-Qaeda. 
653 |a Amanullah Khan. 
653 |a Appeasement. 
653 |a Assassination. 
653 |a Ba'athist Iraq. 
653 |a Babrak Karmal. 
653 |a Barakzai. 
653 |a Carpetbagger. 
653 |a Center of government. 
653 |a Central Asia. 
653 |a Colonialism. 
653 |a Consent of the governed. 
653 |a Consultation (Texas). 
653 |a Counter-insurgency. 
653 |a Counterforce. 
653 |a Decentralization. 
653 |a Demographics of Afghanistan. 
653 |a Durrani Empire. 
653 |a Electoral fraud. 
653 |a Estado Novo (Portugal). 
653 |a Failed state. 
653 |a Federally Administered Tribal Areas. 
653 |a First Anglo-Afghan War. 
653 |a George W. Bush. 
653 |a Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. 
653 |a Hafizullah Amin. 
653 |a Hamid Karzai. 
653 |a Head of government. 
653 |a Imperialism. 
653 |a Insurgency. 
653 |a Internally displaced person. 
653 |a International Security Assistance Force. 
653 |a International community. 
653 |a Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. 
653 |a Islamic extremism. 
653 |a Ismail Khan. 
653 |a Jalaluddin Haqqani. 
653 |a Jirga. 
653 |a Kabul. 
653 |a Left-wing politics. 
653 |a Loya jirga. 
653 |a Mass mobilization. 
653 |a MassResistance. 
653 |a Microstate. 
653 |a Military dictatorship. 
653 |a Military occupation. 
653 |a Mohammed Omar. 
653 |a Mohammed Zahir Shah. 
653 |a Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar). 
653 |a Mujahideen. 
653 |a Musahiban. 
653 |a NATO. 
653 |a Najibullah (militant leader). 
653 |a Name recognition. 
653 |a Nation-building. 
653 |a Neocolonialism. 
653 |a Nuristanis. 
653 |a Pakistan. 
653 |a Pashtuns. 
653 |a People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. 
653 |a Politician. 
653 |a Power politics. 
653 |a President of Afghanistan. 
653 |a Prime Minister of Canada. 
653 |a Provincial Reconstruction Team. 
653 |a Provisional government. 
653 |a Puppet state. 
653 |a Racism. 
653 |a Reactionary. 
653 |a Refugee. 
653 |a Resistance movement. 
653 |a Sadozai (Pashtun tribe). 
653 |a Second Anglo-Afghan War. 
653 |a Sovereignty. 
653 |a Soviet Union. 
653 |a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. 
653 |a Strongman (politics). 
653 |a Subsidy. 
653 |a Tajiks. 
653 |a Taliban insurgency. 
653 |a Taliban. 
653 |a Tax. 
653 |a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. 
653 |a Territorial integrity. 
653 |a The Iraqis (party). 
653 |a Treaty of Gandamak. 
653 |a United States invasion of Afghanistan. 
653 |a War crime. 
653 |a War in Afghanistan (2001–14). 
653 |a War in Afghanistan (2015–present). 
653 |a War of succession. 
653 |a Warfare. 
653 |a Zhou Enlai. 
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