Afghanistan: Aid, Armies and Empires

by Peter Marsden

Book Overview

As the battle for Afghanistan intensifies, with humanitarian workers increasingly finding themselves on the frontline, aid expert Peter Marsden draws on decades of personal experience in the country to unravel the relationship between great power politics and development, from the Great Game era to the present day. Whilst the US has recently been criticised for blurring the distinctions between military and humanitarian operations, the use of aid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845117514
• ISBN13: 9781845117511
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"