Phil Halton

Blood Washing Blood (eBook, ePUB)

Afghanistan's Hundred-Year War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A clear-eyed view of the conflict in Afghanistan and its century-deep roots.

The war in Afghanistan has consumed vast amounts of blood and treasure, causing the Western powers to seek an exit without achieving victory. Seemingly never-ending, the conflict has become synonymous with a number of issues - global jihad, rampant tribalism, and the narcotics trade - but even though they are cited as the causes of the conflict, they are in fact symptoms.

Rather than beginning after 9/11 or with the Soviet "invasion" in 1979, the current conflict in Afghanistan began with the social reforms imposed by Amanullah Amir in 1919. Western powers have failed to recognize that legitimate grievances are driving the local population to turn to insurgency in Afghanistan. The issues they are willing to fight for have deep roots, forming a hundred-year-long social conflict over questions of secularism, modernity, and centralized power.

The first step toward achieving a "solution" to the Afghanistan "problem" is to have a clear-eyed view of what is really driving it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459746664
• Artikelnr.: 57797816

Autorenporträt

Phil Halton has worked around the globe as a soldier and security consultant, including in Afghanistan. He is the author of the novel This Shall Be a House of Peace. He lives in Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

DRAFT
Introduction
Chapter One - 1919
Chapter Two - Early Reforms
Chapter Three - Rebellion on All Sides
Chapter Four - The Water Carrier's Boy
Chapter Five - The Shadow of God
Chapter Six - The Boy King
Chapter Seven - Pashtunistan
Chapter Eight - The Strong Hand of the Prime Minister
Chapter Nine - The Last Amir
Chapter Ten - An Amir by Any Other Name
Chapter Eleven - Bloody April
Chapter Twelve - A Godless and Alien Regime
Chapter Thirteen - The Long Goodbye
Chapter Fourteen - The Students
Chapter Fifteen - The Commander of the Faithful
Chapter Sixteen - Extreme Melmastia
Chapter Seventeen - Infinite Justice
Chapter Eighteen - Opportunity Lost
Chapter Nineteen - The Neo-Taliban
Chapter Twenty - Another Goodbye
Chapter Twenty One - Hope for the Future
Conclusion
Glossary
Narrative Bibliography
Bibliography
Index