Games without rules : the often interrupted history of Afghanistan
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781610390941 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1610390946 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Desc
xvi, 397 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Status
Brookline - Adult
958.1 Ansary 2012
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958.1 Ansary 2012
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More Details
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9781610390941 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1610390946 (hardcover : alk. paper)
UPC
40021651465
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-378) and index.
Description
Five times in the last two centuries. some great power has tried to invade, occupy, or otherwise take control of Afghanistan. And as Tamim Ansary shows in this illuminating history, every intervention has come to grief for much the same reason: the intervening power has failed to understand that Afghanistan has a story of its own, a story that continues to unfold between--and despite--the interventions. Drawing on his Afghan background, Muslim roots, and Western and Afghan sources, Ansary weaves an epic that moves from a universe of village republics--the old Afghanistan--through a tumultuous drama of tribes. factions, and forces, to the current struggle. Ansary paints a richly textured portrait of a nation that began to form around the same time as the United States but is still struggling to coalesce; a nation driven by its high ambitions but undermined by its own demons, while every forty to sixty years a great power crashes in and disrupts whatever progress has been made.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ansary, M. T. (2012). Games without rules: the often interrupted history of Afghanistan . PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ansary, Mir Tamim. 2012. Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan. PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ansary, Mir Tamim. Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan PublicAffairs, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ansary, Mir Tamim. Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan PublicAffairs, 2012.
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