War and State-Building in Afghanistan Historical and Modern Perspectives

Name: War and State-Building in Afghanistan Historical and Modern Perspectives
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ISBN: 9781474286350

ISBN-10: 1474286356

ISBN-13: 9781474286350

Edition: 2016

Authors: Scott Gates, Kaushik Roy, Jeremy Black, Jeremy Black

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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 past experiences to the current challenges. These…

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List price: $60.10
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/19/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.968

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.

Peter Lorge is Senior Lecturer in Chinese History at Vanderbilt University, US.Kaushik Roy is Reader in the Department of History at Jadavpur University, India.