Ewans, Martin,  Sir,  1928- <br/><br/>
Afghanistan :  a short history of its people and politics / 
Martin Ewans. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  HarperCollins,  c2002. 
 - ix, 244 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: 1 Early History -- 2 The Emergence of the Afghan Kingdom -- 3 The Rise of Dost Mohammed -- 4 The First Anglo-Afghan War -- 5 Dost Mohammed and Sher Ali -- 6 The Second Anglo-Afghan War -- 7 Abdur Rahman, The 'Iron Amir' -- 8 Habibullah and the Politics of Neutrality -- 9 Amanullah and the Drive for Modernisation -- 10 The Rule of the Brothers -- 11 Daoud: The First Decade -- 12 King Zahir and Cautious Constitutionalism -- 13 The Return of Daoud and the Saur Revolution -- 14 Khalq Rule and Soviet Invasion -- 15 Occupation and Resistance -- 16 Humiliation and Withdrawal -- 17 Civil War -- 18 Enter the Taliban -- 19 Afghanistan and the Wider World -- 20 The Taliban and the Future -- 21 Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060505079 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002017342 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Afghanistan--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS356  / .E95 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.1