Missionaries of Modernity: Advisory Missions and the Struggle for Hegemony in Afghanistan and Beyond

by Antonio Giustozzi and Artemy M. Kalinovsky

This volume is an historical survey of advisory and mentoring missions from the 1920s onwards, starting from the Soviet missions to the Kuomintang and ending with the mission to Iraq. It focuses on Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation and after 2001, but also deals with virtually every single advisory mission from the 1920s on-wards, whether involving 'Eastern Bloc' countries or Western ones. The sections on Afghanistan are based on new research,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849044805
• ISBN13: 9781849044806
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.7" x 8.6"