Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. vi, 216 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Political stability has been a central theme of policy for all governments and political systems in the history of modern Afghanistan. Since its inception in the mid-nineteenth century, the country experimented with a diverse succession of political systems and state ideologies matched by few other countries' political histories. In the span of less than nine decades since independence in 1919, the Afghan state was substantially restructured at least a dozen times. This volume looks at Afghanistan's historic relations with Central and South Asia, ethno-nationalism and development, Soviet occupation and transformation of relations with Pakistan, stability of the Islamic state and regional cooperation. It examines how Afghanistan's different political systems reformed and readjusted policies to make them more conducive to political stability. Yet political stability, at best, has remained a dream unrealized in Afghanistan."--Pub. desc.

Subject

1. 1979-1989
2. Political stability > Afghanistan > History
3. Islam and politics > Afghanistan
4. Ethnic relations
5. Diplomatic relations
6. Islam and politics
7. Politics and government
8. Political stability
9. Internationale Politik
10. Politische Stabilität
11. Afghanistan > Politics and government
12. Afghanistan > Foreign relations
13. Asia, Central > Foreign relations > Afghanistan
14. South Asia > Foreign relations > Afghanistan
15. Afghanistan > Ethnic relations
16. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
17. Afghanistan
18. Central Asia
19. South Asia
20. Afghanistan > Foreign relations > Asia, Central
21. Afghanistan > Foreign relations > South Asia

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Afghanistan's historic relations with Central and South Asia -- Ethno-nationalism and development -- Soviet occupation and transformation of Afghan-Pakistan relations -- The Islamic state of Afghanistan (ISA), the Taliban, and stability -- Regional cooperation and political stability -- Contemporary Central Asia and Afghanistan's stability -- Re-emergence of major power rivalries.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.