War and State-Building in Afghanistan
Historical and Modern Perspectives
The Mughals, British and Soviets all failed to subjugate Afghanistan, failures which offer valuable lessons for today. Taking a long historical perspective from 1520 to 2012, this volume examines the Mughal, British, Soviet and NATO efforts in Afghanistan, drawing on new archives and a synthesis of previous counter-insurgency experiences. Special emphasis is given to ecology, terrain and logistics to explain sub-conventional operations and state-building in Afghanistan. War and State-Building in Modern Afghanistan provides an overall synthesis of British, Russian, American and NATO military activities in Afghanistan, which directly links pas…
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Weitere Autoren: Roy, Kaushik (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-7217-2
- EAN: 9781472572172
- Produktnummer: 16117371
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm 621 g
- Gewicht: 621
Über den Autor
Scott Gates is Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Professor in History at Jadavpur University, India and Global Fellow of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.
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