Emergence of Modern Afghanistan

Politics of Reform and Modernization

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Long heralded as a seminal work on the history of Afghanistan, this book traces the evolution of the modern Afghan state by studying the politics of reform and modernization that started in 1880 through World War II. In this reissue, Vartan Gregorian offers a new introduction that places the key themes of the book in the context of contemporary events, addressing questions of tribalism, nationalism, Islam, and modernization, as well as the legacies of the Cold War and the various exit strategies of occupying powers. The book remains as distinctive today as when it was first published. It is the only broad work on Afghan history that considers ethnicity as the defining influence over the course of the country's history, rather than religion. In light of today's ongoing struggle to develop a coherent national identity, the question of Afghan nationalism remains a particularly significant issue.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-01-09
Mått153 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt666 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor680
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9780804782999

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"An entertaining and reliable text. . . . [Gregorian] has written a definitive text on one period of Afghanistan's recent history."—Library Journal "Professor Gregorian has produced a major work of scholarship, which in one volume provides us with what may well be the definitive survey of the rise of modern Afghanistan . . . [F]or a work of its type, no finer scholarship—combining a far-reaching and balanced perspective with detailed and careful scrutiny—could have been asked for."—Robert I. Crane, The American Historical Review "Until Gregorian came, Afghanistan has in some ways been a country in search of a scholar. Such a scholar has now emerged in the person of Vartan Gregorian whose Armenian ancestry and education in first-class Middle Eastern and American institutions uniquely equip him for tackling the Afghan field."—Middle East Journal "In the past, all books about Afghanistan had to be measured alongside Elphinstone's 1815 classic. We now have another yardstick: Gregorian."—American Political Science Review "Vartan Gregorian has filled an enormous gap in our knowledge of the Middle East and has done it with exemplary diligence, intelligence, and verve. His book . . . divests . . . Afghan history of the aura of mystery that inevitably clings to the unfamiliar and exotic subjects." —Iranian Studies