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Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban Book

Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned Taliban fundamentalists, Larry Goodson explains in this concise analysis of the Afghan war what has really been happening in Afghanistan in the last 20 years, and why the future of Afghanistan matters. Beginning with the reasons behind Afghanistan's inability to forge a strong state--its myriad cleavages along ethnic, religious, social, and geographical fault lines--Goodson then examines the devastating course of the war itself. He charts its utter destruction of the country, from the deaths of more than 2 million Afghans and the dispersal of some 6 million others as refugees to the complete collapse of its economy, which today had been replaced by opium poppies and heroin production. The Taliban, some of whose leaders Goodson interviewed as recently as 1997, now uneasily control roughly 80 percent of the country but themselves show increasing discord along ethnic and political lines. What happens in Afghanistan in the future will continue to affect stability and security in an increasingly important region of the post-Cold War world.Read More

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  • 0295981113
  • 9780295981116
  • Larry Goodson
  • 1 May 2002
  • University of Washington Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 264
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