From tribal confederacy to national coalescence
National awakening and nationalism
Independence and radical modernisation
The Nadiri Dynasty: politics of national gradualism and 'royal dualism'
The Cold War and the rise of a rentier state
Experiment with democracy, 1963-1973
Communist rule, the Soviet invasion and resistance
Mujahideen Islamic rule, Taliban extremism and US intervention.
From the Book - New rev. paperback edition, New updated edition.
From tribal confederacy to national coalescence
National awakening and nationalism
Independence and radical modernisation
The Nadiri dynasty: politics of national gradualism and 'royal dualism'
The cold war and the rise of a rentier state
Experiment with a democracy, 1963-1973
Communist rule, the Soviet invasion and resistance
Mujahideen Islamic rule and Taliban extremism
US intervention and the Karzai era.
