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    Berkeley [u.a.] :Univ. of California Press,
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    almafu_BV014191698
    Format: XXII, 354 S. : , Ill., Kt.
    ISBN: 0-520-22861-8 , 0-520-22859-6
    Content: 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.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science , Law , Ethnology
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    Keywords: Politiker ; Vorgeschichte
    Library Location Call Number Availability
    Stabi Berlin Potsdamer Straße1 A 473305available
    HU Berlin ZB Grimm-Zentrum, 3. OG / Bereich C - FreihandbestandLB 49370 E26available
    HU Berlin ZwB Asien-/Afrikawiss., FreihandbestandVA/MH 16094 E26 B4available
    FU Berlin Sozialwissenschaften, Offenes Magazin Politik I - SelbstausleiheMA2002/ 833available
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Berkeley :University of California Press,
    UID:
    almafu_9958078602002883
    Format: 1 online resource (377 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9786612758928 , 9780520926875 , 0520926870 , 9781282758926 , 1282758926 , 9781597344852 , 1597344850
    Content: In this powerful book, 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 1960's crumbled and became the present tragedy of discord, destruction, and despair. Before Taliban builds on the foundation that Edwards laid in his previous book, Heroes of the Age, in which he examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century--a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince who became king of the newly created state. In the mid twentieth century, Afghans believed their nation could be a model of economic and social development that would inspire the world. Instead, political conflict, foreign invasion, and civil war have left the country impoverished and politically dysfunctional. 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. Now, Afghanistan is associated with international terrorism, drug trafficking, and repression. Before Taliban tells these men's stories and provides a thorough analysis of why their dreams for a progressive nation lie in ruins while the Taliban has succeeded. In Edwards's able hands, this culturally informed biography provides a mesmerizing and revealing look into the social and cultural contexts of political change.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Significant Persons And Parties -- , Author's Note -- , Preface -- , 1. Introduction: Into Forbidden Afghanistan -- , 2. Lives Of The Party -- , 3. The Armature Of Khalqi Power -- , Coda The Death Of A President -- , 4. A Son Of Safi -- , 5. Anatomy Of A Tribal Uprising -- , Coda The Death Of A Safi Daughter -- , 6. Muslim Youth -- , 7. Fault Lines In The Afghan Jihad -- , Coda The Death Of Majrooh -- , 8. Epilogue: Topakan And Taliban -- , Notes -- , Glossary -- , Bibliography -- , Index , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520228610
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0520228618
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520228597
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0520228596
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
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    Online Resource
    Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press
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    gbv_565695835
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 0520228596 , 0520228618
    Content: Lowell Thomas needed another adventure. At age twenty-eight, the ambitious showman from Cripple Creek, Colorado, had become an international celebrity through his immensely popular lecture tour With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia. Charming appreciative audiences and collecting handsome receipts, Thomas had spent most of 1920 and 1921 traveling the length and breadth of the British Commonwealth from Scotland to India to Malaya to Australia and his show had been seen by several million people. Two years into it, however, he was feeling the need for an encore, and Edmund Allenby and T. E. Lawrence were a hard act to follow Lawrence in particular.
    Content: In this powerful book, 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. Before Taliban builds on the foundation that Edwards laid in his previous book, Heroes of the Age, in which he examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century--a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince who became king of the
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program , Parallel als Buch-Ausg. erschienen , Contents; List of Illustrations; Significant Persons and Parties; Author's Note; Preface; 1. Introduction: Into Forbidden Afghanistan; PART I. THE SAUR REVOLUTION; 2. Lives of the Party; 3. The Armature of Khalqi Power; Coda: The Death of a President; PART II. THE PECH UPRISING; 4. A Son of Safi; 5. Anatomy of a Tribal Uprising; Coda: The Death of a Safi Daughter; PART III. THE ISLAMIC JIHAD; 6. Muslim Youth; 7. Fault Lines in the Afghan Jihad; Coda: The Death of Majrooh; 8. Epilogue: Topakan and Taliban; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z , BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520228610
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Before Taliban Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad
    Language: English
    Keywords: Afghanistan ; Politiker ; Geschichte 1945-1994 ; Afghanistan ; Djihad ; Afghanistan-Konflikt
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    Online Resource
    Berkeley :University of California Press,
    UID:
    almahu_9948309939002882
    Format: xxii, 354 p. : , ill., maps.
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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