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Author Edwards, David B.
Title Before Taliban : genealogies of the Afghan jihad / David B. Edwards.
Publisher Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.
book jacket
Alt Access Amin, Qazi Muhammad fast
Safi, Samiullah fast
Afghānistān Histoire 1978 (Coup d'État)
Afghānistān Histoire 1979-1989 (Intervention soviétique)
Afghanistan fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXpC7xxDYf4fj9jQq4v3
Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (Afghanistan : 1979-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01355030 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9tJdvmgyBFQYjrDry
Saur Revolution (Afghanistan : 1978) fast (OCoLC)fst01354657 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9x3hfWrGfWmdXGJVK
1978-1989 fast
History fast
ISBN/ISSN 9780520926875
0520926870
1417520256
9781417520251
052090060X
9780520900608
1597344850
9781597344852
9780520228597
0520228596
9780520228610
0520228618
9780520228610
Phys Descr 1 online resource (xxii, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps
polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
Subject Safi, Samiullah.
Amin, Qazi Muhammad.
Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978.
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
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.
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.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
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