Regime Change In Afghanistan: Foreign Intervention And The Politics Of Legitimacy

by Amin Saikal, William Maley

Overview

This book is a study of regime change in an underdeveloped country with a weak state and strong autonomous social organizations. Regime change is in many countries a traumatic and disruptive experience, but few countries have paid as high a cost to retain traditionally accepted relationships of authority as has Afghanistan since the communist coup

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367300883
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/2020
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Amin Saikal is professor and director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — State, Societies, and Political Legitimacy — The New Regime — The Opposition — Soviet Options — The Geneva Débâcle — The Aftermath of the Withdrawal — The Destructuring of Afghanistan — Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Noting that, like many nonindustrial countries, Afghanistan has a weak government and a strong traditional social structure, describes the events since the 1987 communist coup in terms of native ideas of regime maintenance and political legitimacy. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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