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The origins of conflict in Afghanistan

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Main Authors: Roberts Jeffery J.
Published: Praeger,
Publisher Address: Westport, Conn.
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Afghanistan > History > 19th century.
Afghanistan > History > 20th century.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations > 19th century.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Afghanistan > Politics and government > 20th century.
Carrier Form: xvii, 268 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0275978788 (alk. paper)
Index Number: D837
CLC: D837.29
D737.29
Call Number: D737.29/R645
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-259) and index.
Introduction: Background to Afghanistan, its history and people -- British policy toward Afghanistan in the Nineteenth Century: the First Anglo-Afghan War -- British policy toward Afghanistan in the Nineteenth Century: the Second Anglo-Afghan War -- The reign of Abdur Rahman: Afghanistan as a "buffer state" -- The rise and fall of Amanullah: s lesson in modernization -- Nadir Shah and Hashim Khan: the dawn of Anglo-Afghan cooperation -- Afghanistan in the Second World War and the origins of the "Lancaster Plan" -- Afghanistan, British strategy, and the decision to partition India -- The transfer of power on the Northwest Frontier and the origins of the "Pushtunistan" dispute -- The strategic ramifications of the partition of India for Britain, the successor states, and Afghanistan -- The Truman Administration and American policy in South Asia -- The Eisenhower Administration's defense program and the decision for alliance with Pakistan -- The Truman Administration and Afghanistan: the Helmand Valley Project, Pushtunistan, and military aid -- The Eisenhower Administration, and the alliances -- Mohammed Daoud, the Soviet-Afghan Agreement, and the road to war, 1955-1979 --Summary and conclusion.

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