TY - BOOK AU - Ewans,Martin TI - Afghanistan: a short history of its people and politics SN - 0060505079 (alk. paper) AV - DS356 .E95 2002 U1 - 958.1 21 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - HarperCollins KW - Afghanistan KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002017342.html ER -