Before Taliban : genealogies of the Afghan jihad

Summary: David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history -- Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad -- to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy of discord, destruction, and despair. Each of the men Edwards profiles were engaged in the political struggles of the country's recent history. They hoped to see Afghanistan become a more just and democratic nation. But their visions for their country were radically different, and in the end, all three failed and were killed or exiled.

Record details

ISBN: 0520228618
ISBN: 0520228596
ISBN: 0520228618
ISBN: 9780520228610
ISBN: 0520228596
ISBN: 9780520228597
ISBN: 9781597344852
ISBN: 1597344850
ISBN: 9780520900608
ISBN: 052090060X
ISBN: 9781417520251
ISBN: 1417520256
ISBN: 0520926870
ISBN: 9780520926875
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction : into forbidden Afghanistan -- pt. 1. The Saur revolution -- 2. Lives of the Party -- 3. The armature of Khalqi power -- Coda : the death of a President -- pt. 2. The Pech uprising -- 4. A son of Safi -- 5. Anatomy of a tribal uprising -- Coda : the death of a Safi daughter -- pt. 3. The Islamic jihad -- 6. Muslim youth -- 7. Fault lines in the Afghan jihad -- Coda : the death of Majrooh -- 8. Epilogue : Topakan and Taliban.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.