Afghanistan, A Country Study

By Blood, Peter R.

Book Id: WPLBN0000634343
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Afghanistan, A Country Study
Author:	Blood, Peter R.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago Peter R. Bloo, E. B. (n.d.). Afghanistan, A Country Study. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Afghanistan, a country study, 1 -- Edited by Peter R. Blood, 1 -- Preface, 3 -- Chapter 1. HISTORICAL SETTING, 5 -- THE PRE?ISLAMIC PERIOD, 5 -- Achaemenid Rule, ca. 550?331 B.C, 5 -- Alexander and Greek Rule, 330?ca. 150 B.C, 6 -- Central Asian and Sassanian Rule, ca. 150 B.C.?700 A.D, 6 -- ISLAMIC CONQUEST, 7 -- Ghaznavid and Ghorid Rule, 8 -- Mongol Rule, 1220?1506, 8 -- Mughal?Safavid Rivalry, ca. 1500?1747, 8 -- AHMAD SHAH AND THE DURRANI EMPIRE, 9 -- THE GREAT GAME, 11 -- The Rise of Dost Mohammad, 11 -- The First Anglo?Afghan War, 13 -- The Second Anglo?Afghan War, 14 -- ABDUR RAHMAN KHAN, ?THE IRON AMIR, ? 1880?1901, 15 -- Consolidation of the Modern State, 15 -- Modernization and Development of Institutions, 15 -- THE REIGN OF KING HABIBULLAH, 1901?1919, 16 -- THE REIGN OF KING AMANULLAH, 1919?29, 17 -- Third Anglo?Afghan War and Independence, 17 -- Reform, Popular Reaction, and Forced Abdication, 18 -- TAJIK RULE, JANUARY?OCTOBER 1929, 19 -- MUHAMMAD NADIR SHAH, 1929?33, 20 -- MOHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH, 1933?73, 20 -- Zahir Shah and His Uncles, 1933?53, 20 -- The Pashtunistan Issue, 21 -- Early Links with the Soviet Union, 22 -- Experiment with Liberalized Politics, 22 -- Daoud as Prime Minister, 1953?63, 23 -- The King Reigns: The Last Decade of the Monarchy, 1963?73, 24 -- DAOUD'S REPUBLIC, JULY 1973? APRIL 1978, 26 -- COMMUNISM, REBELLION, AND SOVIET INTERVENTION, 28