• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: War and society in Afghanistan : from the Mughals to the Americans, 1500-2013
  • Contributor: Roy, Kaushik [Author]
  • Published: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2015
  • Issue: First edition.
  • Extent: 1 online resource; maps (black and white)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099109.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780199085286
  • Identifier:
  • RVK notation: MH 16094 : Staatsstreich, Bürgerkrieg, Guerilla, Unabhängigkeitskrieg
    NK 3705 : Afghanistan
  • Keywords: Afghanistan > Krieg > Gesellschaft
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 3, 2015)
  • Description: This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughal, the British, the Soviets, and the Americans won the conventional wars in Afghanistan but were defeated in the unconventional ones. It takes a comprehensive view of the history of the region and provides a political and military narrative of conventional andunconventional war in Afghanistan during the last five centuries.