Afghanistan
Understand how Afghanistan's rulers built and lost authority across dynasties, foreign wars, reform, and insurgency, and why central power so often clashed with local society.
8 parts, about 26 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Thomas Barfield
- Parts
- 8 parts
- Reading time
- about 26 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- Afghanistan and the question of legitimate rule1 min
- People, place, and enduring social patterns3 min
- Conquest, dynasties, and the Durrani state3 min
- Wars with Britain and the centralizing state5 min
- Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century: State and Society in Conflict7 min
- Afghanistan in the Twenty first Century3 min
- Afghanistan’s Failed Search for Stability3 min
- Some Conclusions (2010)1 min
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