Afghanistan: The Labyrinth of Violence

Informationen zum Autor Lecturer in Politics at Queen's University Belfast Klappentext Afghanistan has become synonymous with violence. In the past 25 years alone, the country has endured Russian invasion and occupation, civil war and a US-led military campaign, resulting in the combined loss of over 2 million lives, most of them civilian. Even now, following the overthrow of the Taliban regime, old ethnic animosities have resurfaced which seem likely to push the country into another spell of internal war. But why is it that Afghanistan has experienced such bloody conflict and slaughter? What factors have allowed the country to be exploited by external powers who have intervened to determine its politics, social structure and, consequently, its place in the world? In this fascinating new book, Amalendu Misra seeks to provide answers to these pressing questions. By analysing the nature of conflict in Afghanistan, he exposes the various geopolitical, ethnic, economic and religious variables which have contributed to the breakdown of the Afghan state, and ponders whether post-war reconstruction could lead to a more democratic and peaceful Afghanistan. Zusammenfassung Afghanistan has become synonymous with violence. In the past 25 years alone! the country has endured Russian invasion and occupation! civil war and a US--led military campaign! resulting in the combined loss of over 2 million lives! most of them civilian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1 The Curse of Geopolitics. 2 Ethnic rivalry and the death of Afghan State. 3 Return of the Conservative Natives. 4 Brothers in arms: Radical Islam and its followers. 5 11 September and commitment against terrorism. 6 Poppy cultivation and political economy of civil war. 7 Picking up the pieces: reconstructing peace. Conclusion. Glossary. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Index ...

Product details

• Authors: A Misra, Amalendu Misra, Amalendu (Queen's University Misra, Misra Amalendu
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2004
• EAN: 9780745631158
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-3115-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Hot Spots in Global Politics; Hot Spots in Global Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Afghanistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Political structure & processes, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Political structure and processes