Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810878151
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 667
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Book Description
This new fourth edition has been substantially expanded because so much has taken place in such a short period of time. The most important changes, however, have been made to the dictionary section, with hundreds of added or substantially revised entries on important people, places, events, institutions, practices, ethnic and religious groups, political parties, and Islamist movements, as well as significant aspects of Afghanistan's politics, economy, society, and culture.
Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810849488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Since its foundation in 1747, Afghanistan has seen seemingly limitless wars waged by the central government to consolidate its control over the country as well as rampant tribal warfare. There have been three Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-42, 1878-79 and 1919); a Russian-backed Marxist government in Kabul battled a coalition of tribal armies, which was soon followed by the Taliban takeover. Now, in the midst of a war against terrorism, the United States is backing another central government in yet another sporadic struggle. All the information currently available on the endless chain of wars stretching over two and a half centuries is traced in this book. It consists of the American involvement in Afghanistan since October 2001 as well as individual campaigns, including tactics and logistics of skirmishes, the weapons used, and biographical entries on the significant leaders involved in the battles. Extensive analysis of regional and ideological divisions within the country and the external forces that have brought around conflict in this remote, mountainous region, in addition to a chronology of the encounters, an extensive bibliography, and numerous maps and illustrations make this crucial volume indispensable.
Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Focusing primarily on the 20th century, a reference presents alphabetical entries on individuals, political and religious institutions and movements, events, institutions, ethnic groupings, and cultural practices important to Afghan history. Also included are a number of primary documents, including the procedures for the Emergency Loya Jirga of 2002, as well as lists of Taliban and Transitional government figures and institutions.
Author: Kamoludin Abdullaev
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538102528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Tajikistan is the poorest and only Persian-speaking country among the post-Soviet independent states. Historically, the Tajiks of Central Asia and Afghanistan along with the Persians of modern Iran came from a related ethnic group. When the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established in late 1924, it became the first modern Tajik state that remained one of the 15 union republics of the Soviet Union until 1991. Almost immediately after the collapse of the USSR, Tajikistan became a scene of brutal civil war, taking place in one of the global hubs of religiously motivated political struggle, militancy, mass cross-border refugee flows, insurgency, and drug trafficking. During the first decade of the 21st century, the country was making modest progress toward stability. However, the heavy burden of socio-economic problems, in addition to continuing conflict in the neighboring Afghanistan-Pakistan, presented even bigger challenges for Tajikistan. In addition, Western economic sanctions against Russia in 2014, coinciding with continuing lower oil prices, have negatively affected one million of Tajik labor migrants in Russia. Yet Tajikistan has become neither weaker nor less important as a player in world politics. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Tajikistan.
Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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This first volume in the Scarecrow series on Wars, Revolution, and Civil Unrest traces all the information currently available concerning the endless chain of wars and lesser actions in the Afghan regions during the last 2 and a half centuries
Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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This third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan provides researchers with updated information and considerable new material. It includes entries on major historical events, important places, leading personalities - past and present - and significant aspects of the countryOs culture, religion, and economy. The introduction contains an outline of AfghanistanOs political history, an appendix includes a number of documents, and a comprehensive bibliography introduces the reader to additional sources.
Author: Mohammed Jamil Hanifi
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863030
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Islam presents a concise overview of Islamic history, religion, philosophy, and Islamic political movements.
Author: Thomas Barfield
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691154414
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Traces the political history of Afghanistan from the sixteenth century to the present, looking at what has united the people as well as the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.
Author: Peter Neville
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810873710
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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The Historical Dictionary of British Foreign Policy provides an overview of the conduct of British diplomacy since the setting up of the Foreign Office in 1782. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on British prime ministers, foreign secretaries, foreign office staff and leading diplomats, but also on related military and political-economic aspects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about British foreign policy.
