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Before Taliban : genealogies of the Afghan jihad / David B. Edwards.
- Title
- Before Taliban : genealogies of the Afghan jihad / David B. Edwards.
- Author
- Edwards, David B.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
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- Description
- xxii, 354 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004.
- Subject
- Safi, Samiullah
- Amin, Qazi Muhammad
- Tarahʹkī, Nūr Muḥammad
- Tarahʹkī, Nūr Muḥammad
- Amin, Qazi Muhammad
- Safi, Samiullah
- Tarahki, Nur Muhammad
- Taraki, Nur Muhammad, 1917-1979
- Safi, Samiullah, 1940-
- Waqad, Qazi Muhammad Amin, 1947-
- Amin, Qazi Muhammad > Biographies
- Safi, Samiullah > Biographies
- Taraki, Nur Muhammad, ((1917-1979)) > Biographie
- Waqad, Qazi Amin > Biographie
- Taliban
- Politiker Musikgruppe
- Taliban
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte 1978-1988
- 15.75 history of Asia
- Vorgeschichte
- Politiker
- Politiek geweld
- Afghanistan
- Soviet Union
- Revolutions
- Occupation
- Political history
- Djihad > Afghanistan
- Hommes politiques > Afghanistan > Biographies
- Afghanistan > History > Saur Revolution, 1978
- Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
- Afghanistan > History > 20th century
- Afghanistan > History > 20th century
- Afghānistān > Histoire > 1978 (Coup d'État)
- Afghānistān > Histoire > 1979-1989 (Intervention soviétique)
- Afghānistān > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan > History
- Afghanistan > Politics and government
- Islam et État > Afghanistan > 1945- ..
- Afghanistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1979-1989
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0520228596
- 9780520228597
- 0520228618
- 9780520228610
- 9780520228619 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2001006513
- OCLC
- 48249286
- SCSB-12723635
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library