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Paperback Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid Book

ISBN: 0813340195

ISBN13: 9780813340197

Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid

In this broad introductory volume, Ralph Magnus and Eden Naby detail Afghanistan's physical situation, human environment, and modern history, as well as the rise and fall of competing internal forces, most recently the Taliban. The authors offer analytical insight into Afghanistan's political position within the restructured Central Asian region, the ethnic relationships that complicate its political history, and the potential for stability.

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Rated 5 stars
Decipherable complexity

The authors did a masterful job of working through the complexity of Afghanistan's complex geography, history, economic relationships, religious factions and ethnic diversity. Due to the nature of the subject and the type of indepth analysis which is required, this is a slow read, but is well worth the time spent. Most of the material published since 9/11 on Afghanistan is focused on the Taliban or Al-Qaeda, but the historical...

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The best book you can find about Afghanistan.

This book is, in my opinion, the best source of information you can find regarding Afghanistan as a whole in the market. The authors laid out the geography and demographics of the country first, in order to establish a solid foundation to the latter chapters. Once you have understood the basics, it gets really easy to grasp the ideas and facts presented afterwards. This is a relatively concise book, yet very informative, well-focused...

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Rated 5 stars
Invaluable insights into Afghanistan's political position

In Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, And Mujahid, the late Ralph Magnus drew upon his expertise as coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and his experience as a former assistant cultural attache of the American embassy in Kabul, to examine Afghanistan's physical situation, human environment, and modern history, as well as the rise and fall of competing internal forces which at...

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Rated 5 stars
A Currently Relevant History

Dan Rather, when he wrote the forward to this book said that "The trouble with trying to tell the story of Afghanistan, now as ever, is that it is so difficult to get the story straight and to get it out." Dr. Naby, with her co-author the late Prof. Magnus, provide the most readable form of the recent history of Afghanistan concentrating especially on the last twenty-years. We learn why it was prudent, in light of the Cold...

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Great book

This is a great book. When will the worsl realize that the TALEBAN IS the best for Afghanistan. Women are protected in Afghanistan, not opressed. No Hollywood celebrities will ruin Afghanistan's chance for prosperity. I am an Afghan women(note the name) and I can tell you that Afghanistan will not accept the western ways and allow the women to be raped daily.Taleban saved us, youre rape stories are Tajik lies. The Taleban...

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