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War and society in Afghanistan : from the Mughals to the Americans, 1500-2013 / Kaushik Roy.
By: Roy, Kaushik [author.]
.Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : maps (black and white).Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199085286 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Afghanistan -- History, Military | War and society -- AfghanistanAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198099109DDC classification: 958.1 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughal, the British, the Soviets, and the Americans won the conventional wars in Afghanistan but were defeated in the unconventional ones. It takes a comprehensive view of the history of the region and provides a political and military narrative of conventional andunconventional war in Afghanistan during the last five centuries.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughal, the British, the Soviets, and the Americans won the conventional wars in Afghanistan but were defeated in the unconventional ones. It takes a comprehensive view of the history of the region and provides a political and military narrative of conventional andunconventional war in Afghanistan during the last five centuries.
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