Title The origins of conflict in Afghanistan / Jeffery J. Roberts

Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages) Contents 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 Summary Clarifies the origins of Afghanistan's current dilemma and offers guidance for future policy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject HISTORY. HISTORY -- General. Diplomatic relations Buitenlandse betrekkingen. SUBJECT Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011772 Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011775 Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- 19th century Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- 20th century Subject Afghanistan Afghanistan -- 1919-1973. Afghanistan -- 1973- ... Afghanistan -- Relations extérieures -- 19e siècle. Afghanistan -- Relations extérieures -- 20e siècle. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0313047464 9780313047466 0313057389 9780313057380 1280469226 9781280469220 9786610469222 6610469229

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