{"product_id":"afghanistan-9780745631158","title":"Afghanistan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfghanistan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Misra's ability to proffer ethnic explanations for Afghan conflict without losing sight of how wider global problems influence the country provides his work's central strength.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Tucker, \u003ci\u003eNations and Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Provides the reader, novice and expert alike with a clear guide through the complex maze of Afghanistan's troubled past. Amalendu Misra's work is an excellent starting point for the study of Afghanistan's recent history, which can be a complex and cloudy subject at the best of times.’\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Withington, \u003ci\u003eKings College, London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMap. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Curse of Geopolitics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ethnic rivalry and the death of Afghan State.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Return of the Conservative Natives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Brothers in arms: Radical Islam and its followers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 11 September and commitment against terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Poppy cultivation and political economy of civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Picking up the pieces: reconstructing peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037643931991,"sku":"9780745631158","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745631158.jpg?v=1750936645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/afghanistan-9780745631158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}