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Author Nunan, Timothy, author.

Title Humanitarian invasion : global development in Cold War Afghanistan / Timothy Nunan, Harvard University
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Global and international history
Global and international history.
Contents Introduction -- How to write the history of Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's developmental moment? -- States of exception, states of humanity -- From Pashtunwali to communism? -- Under a red veil -- Borderscapes of denial -- The little platoons of humanity -- Conclusion
Summary Humanitarian Invasion provides a history of international development and humanitarianism in Cold War Afghanistan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-316) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed October 4, 2016)
Subject Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Economic history
Humanitarian assistance
International economic relations
Ost-West-Konflikt
Besetzung
Humanitäre Hilfe
History.
SUBJECT Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001522
Afghanistan -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Afghanistan -- Foreign economic relations
Subject Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316485910
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9781316282458
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9781316487631
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9781316485057
Other Titles Global development in Cold War Afghanistan