The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan

by Jeffery J. Roberts

Focusing on Afghanistan's relations with the West during the latter half of the 20th century, this study offers new insights on the long-term origins of the nation's recent tragedies. Roberts finds that, since the 1930s in particular, Afghanistan pursued policies far more complex, and considerably more pro-Western, than previous studies have surmised. By the end of the Second World War, Britain and Afghanistan seemed headed toward an extensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978788
• ISBN13: 9780275978785
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"