Regime Change in Afghanistan: Foreign Intervention and the Politics of Legitimacy

ISBN-13: 9780367300883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 190 str.

Amin Saikal; William Maley

Opis

In this book the authors seek to explain the experience of the post-coup period by relating Afghanistan's political and social systems to broader theoretical propositions about regime maintenance and political legitimization.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- State, Societies, and Political Legitimacy -- The New Regime -- The Opposition -- Soviet Options -- The Geneva Débâcle -- The Aftermath of the Withdrawal -- The Destructuring of Afghanistan -- Conclusion

O autorze

Amin Saikal is professor and director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University