Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War

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Praeger, 1993 - History - 230 pages


Overby has a firsthand account of the Afghan war set against an extensive and thoroughly researched background of political history. In order to fix the personal experience in the broader historical context Overby has drawn on leading Afghan scholars like Louis Dupree, Olivier Roy, Bahanudin Majrooh, Eqbal Ahmad, Jan-Heeren Grevemeyer and Barnett Rubin. He sees the war growing from the angry tension over modernization in Afghanistan and sets it in its context as an expression of Islamism--the most modern and dynamic version of Islamic fundamentalism.

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Contents

Peshawar
1
The Root of Stone
12
The Secret Office
18
Copyright

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TitleHoly Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War
AuthorPaul Overby
Editionillustrated
PublisherPraeger, 1993
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 2, 2008
ISBN0275946223, 9780275946227
Length230 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Asia / Central Asia
History / Asia / General
History / Military / General
Political Science / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
  
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