Afghanistan : (Record no. 125688)

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control field 20190728155140.0
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fixed length control field 090805s2002 couab b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2009293729
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780813340197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0813340195 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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International Standard Book Number 9780756780159
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0756780152
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
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Modifying agency UKM
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043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code a-af---
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DS371.2
Item number .M28 2002x
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Magnus, Ralph H.
9 (RLIN) 14962
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Afghanistan :
Remainder of title mullah, Marx, and mujahid /
Statement of responsibility, etc Ralph H. Magnus, Eden Naby, [foreword by Dan Rather].
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement [Rev. and updated ed.].
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Boulder, Colo. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Westview Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2002.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 289 p. :
Other physical details ill., maps ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Nations of the modern world. Middle East
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Afghan history to 1973 -- Geopolitics then and now -- Traditional Afghan Islam -- Marx among the Afghans -- Holy warriors, Mujahidin, and fighting for Islam -- Beyond war: Afghanistan in post-cold war central Asia -- Elusive stability: Taliban, Arabs, and the Afghan future -- Appendices: A. Bibliographic essay -- B. Modern period rulers of Afghanistan -- C. Chronology of Afghan and regional events, 1747-2001.
520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "The 2001 military campaign against the Taliban and al-Qa'ida resulted in unprecedented American interest in Afghanistan, and a plethora of instant experts arose to try to explain the country's volatile history. Magnus (who died in November 2000) and Naby are no instant experts but have expertise and extensive experience in Afghanistan, readily visible in this survey of modern Afghan history. The authors' overview of Afghanistan's complicated geography and demography is organized and well presented, as is their succinct survey of early Afghan history (from 500 BC to 1973 in less than 30 pages) -- though one wishes, given the important current role played by former king Zahir Shah, that Magnus and Naby would have told more about his four-decade rule (1933-73). Subsequent history is well narrated and accessible. The authors discuss imperialism without falling into the trap common to Western academics of blaming all of Afghanistan's woes upon foreigners. The analysis has balance and perspective. For example, they address (albeit only in passing) the Pushtun-nationalist rhetoric of successive Afghan governments in the 1950s through 1970s, a critical factor in understanding Pakistan's subsequent decision to back Islamist rather than ethnic nationalist groups in Afghanistan. Likewise, Magnus and Naby's treatment of the rise of the Taliban is well researched and balanced (and fortunately does not subscribe to the oil-company-conspiracy theories peddled by Pakistani author Ahmad Rashid in his well-known 2000 study of the Taliban). There are curious omissions in the narrative, though. Serious discussion of the United States arming of the mujahideen in the 1980s is absent, as is any serious focus on the evolution of the "Afghan Arabs," whose origins are more often than not shrouded in myth rather than reality. Usama bin Ladin is mentioned only in passing. Nevertheless, for those wishing to gain an understanding of the quagmire called Afghanistan, Magnus and Naby's book provides a good start." -- from Middle East Quarterly (Winter 2003) in www.meforum.org (Jan. 31, 2011).
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Islam and politics
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan.
9 (RLIN) 14963
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Communism
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan.
9 (RLIN) 14964
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Afghanistan
General subdivision Politics and government.
9 (RLIN) 14965
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Naby, Eden.
9 (RLIN) 14966
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rather, Dan.
9 (RLIN) 14967
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Nations of the modern world.
Name of part/section of a work Middle East.
9 (RLIN) 14968
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  Available Dewey Decimal Classification     Martha's Vineyard High School Library Martha's Vineyard High School Library 07/28/2019   958.1/MUL 39844400010332 07/28/2019 17.50 07/28/2019 Book