Blood Washing Blood - Afghanistan's Hundred-Year War

The current conflict in Afghanistan is not about Western intervention, but part of a hundred-year war over the issues of modernity, secularism, and the centralization of power.

List of contents

DRAFT

• Introduction


• Chapter One - 1919


• Chapter Two - Early Reforms


• Chapter Three - Rebellion on All Sides


• Chapter Four - The Water Carrier's Boy


• Chapter Five - The Shadow of God


• Chapter Six - The Boy King


• Chapter Seven - Pashtunistan


• Chapter Eight - The Strong Hand of the Prime Minister


• Chapter Nine - The Last Amir


• Chapter Ten - An Amir by Any Other Name


• Chapter Eleven - Bloody April


• Chapter Twelve - A Godless and Alien Regime


• Chapter Thirteen - The Long Goodbye


• Chapter Fourteen - The Students


• Chapter Fifteen - The Commander of the Faithful


• Chapter Sixteen - Extreme Melmastia


• Chapter Seventeen - Infinite Justice


• Chapter Eighteen - Opportunity Lost


• Chapter Nineteen - The Neo-Taliban


• Chapter Twenty - Another Goodbye


• Chapter Twenty One - Hope for the Future


• Conclusion


• Glossary


• Narrative Bibliography


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Phil Halton has worked around the globe as a soldier and security consultant, including in Afghanistan. He is the author of the novel This Shall Be a House of Peace. He lives in Toronto.

Summary

The current conflict in Afghanistan is not about Western intervention, but part of a hundred-year war over the issues of modernity, secularism, and the centralization of power.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Halton
• Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781459746640
• ISBN: 978-1-4597-4664-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 152 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 678 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Afghanistan, Asiatische Geschichte, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, History - Military / War, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-)