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Afghan history
Afghan tribes
Afghanistan conflict
Afghanistan history
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Asian history
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Central Asia
CIA
communism
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cultural history
current conflict
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Durrani Empire
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Persian History
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War in Afghanistan
War on Terror
Wikileaks
William Dalrymple
Product details
- ISBN 9781789145885
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Feb 2022
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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In this monumental, authoritative history of Afghanistan, now updated, Jonathan L. Lee places the current conflict in its historical context and challenges many of the West’s preconceived ideas about the country. Lee chronicles the region’s monarchic rules and the Durrani dynasty, focusing on the reigns of each ruler and their efforts to balance tribal, ethnic, regional and religious factions, moving on to the struggle for social and constitutional reform and the rise of Islamic and Communist factions. He offers new cultural and political insights from Persian histories, the memoirs of Afghan government officials, British government and India Office archives, recently released CIA reports and WikiLeaks documents. Lee also sheds new light on the country’s foreign relations, its internal power struggles and the impact of foreign military interventions such as the War on Terror.
Jonathan L. Lee is a social and cultural historian and a leading authority on the history of Afghanistan. His many books include Amazing Wonders of Afghanistan (2014).
