Afghanistan
Subtitle: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid
Contributors: Dan, Rather (Foreword)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: May 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780813340197
Subjects: Armed conflict; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Asian studies; International relations; 20th century; 21st century; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; History & Theory - General; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Afghanistan; Comparative Religion; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science-Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Religion-Comparative Religion; Middle East - General
First sentence: Visiting Kabul, the Afghan capital, in 1929, the French journalist Andree Viollis, one of the few Westerners in the city, was struck by the devastation wreaked upon the palace of the overthrown monarch, Amanullah, by revolutionary forces.