The wars of Afghanistan : messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great powers / Peter Tomsen.

Author/creator Tomsen, Peter, 1940-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : PublicAffairs, ©2011.
Descriptionxxxviii, 849 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Terrorism--Afghanistan.
Messianism--Afghanistan.
Islam and politics--Afghanistan.
Tribes--Afghanistan.
Social conflict--Afghanistan.
Great powers.
Afghanistan--Politics and government.
Afghanistan--History.
Afghanistan--History, Military.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations.

Contents Part I: Tribal Incubator -- Padshahgardi -- Shatter Zone -- Tribe and Mosque -- Modernizing Monarchs -- Red Sunrise -- Part II: Fission -- Commissar Meets Tribesman -- Big Fox Catches Little Fox -- Green Dawn -- Insubordinate Puppets -- The General's Vision -- Part III. Mission to the Mujahidin -- Mission Impossible -- Potemkin Government -- Pakistan Pivots -- Tilting at Windmills -- Wahhabi Emirate -- Desperately Seeking Moderates -- Irreconcilable Policies -- From Marx to Mullahs -- From One War to the Next -- Part IV: America and Afghanistan -- Unholy Alliance -- Between the Lions -- Yankee Meets Tribesman -- From Victory to Stalemate -- Needed: Real Change -- The Way Ahead
Abstract An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010053194
ISBN9781586487638 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1586487639 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781586487812 (e-book)
ISBN1586487817 (e-book)
Standard identifier# 40019628677

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DS357.5 .T66 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold