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Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.
List of contents
Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface Thomas Johnson
Reader's Notes
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendixes
Major Sections of the Durand Agreement and the Legal Case for the Durand LineTaliban Codex, Book of Rules for the Mujahedin (Layeha)Political Parties LawLicensed Political PartiesDurrani GenealogyBonn AccordsFatwas from Pashtun PerspectivesFull Text of US-Taliban Peace AgreementShajara of the Pashtun and Pashtun Major Tribes and ClansBibliography
About the Authors
About the author
Thomas H. Johnson is a research professor of the national security affairs department at the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, California) as well the director of the program for culture & conflict studies. For over three decades he has conducted research and published widely on Afghanistan and South Asia. His most recent book, Taliban Narratives: The Uses and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict was co-published by Oxford University Press and Hurst Publishers (London) in 2018.
Ludwig W. Adamec was professor at the University of Arizona and has served as the director of the Near Eastern Center for 10 years. He was widely known as a leading authority on Afghanistan and the author of 24 volumes and numerous articles and monographs, including the Historical Dictionary of Islam, Second Edition (Scarecrow, 2009) and Historical Dictionary of Afghan Wars, Revolutions, and Insurgencies (Scarecrow, 2005).
Summary
Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.
