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Night letters : Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Afghan Islamists who changed the world / Chris Sands with Fazelminallah Qazizai.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., ©2019.Description: xvi, 508 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781787381964
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.33. H55.
Contents:
Contents: Authors’ note—Map 1 : Afghanistan—Map 2 : Kabul—List of illustrations—Principal characters—Prologue : the return—Part one : monarchy and republic 1965-1978—1. Earthquakes—2. A new world—3. ‘The ancient enemy’—4. The insurrection—5. Spies—Part two : Jihad 1978-1991—6. The revolution—7. Devils—8. Professions of faith—9. Culture wars—10. ‘The west is afraid’—11. Black tulips—12. The mother party—13. Baghdad—14. Exit wounds—15. ‘The century of Islam’—Part three : civil war 1991-1996—16. The fall—17. The Islamic state—18. ‘Victory or martyrdom’—19. Collusion—20. The great game—Part four : the Taliban 1996-2001—21. The next war—Part five : the Americans 2001-2017—22. The guests—23. The reckoning—Notes—Acknowledgements—Further reading—Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.33.H55.S363 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Qazizai. 3ACKU000543636
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-478) and index.

Contents: Authors’ note—Map 1 : Afghanistan—Map 2 : Kabul—List of illustrations—Principal characters—Prologue : the return—Part one : monarchy and republic 1965-1978—1. Earthquakes—2. A new world—3. ‘The ancient enemy’—4. The insurrection—5. Spies—Part two : Jihad 1978-1991—6. The revolution—7. Devils—8. Professions of faith—9. Culture wars—10. ‘The west is afraid’—11. Black tulips—12. The mother party—13. Baghdad—14. Exit wounds—15. ‘The century of Islam’—Part three : civil war 1991-1996—16. The fall—17. The Islamic state—18. ‘Victory or martyrdom’—19. Collusion—20. The great game—Part four : the Taliban 1996-2001—21. The next war—Part five : the Americans 2001-2017—22. The guests—23. The reckoning—Notes—Acknowledgements—Further reading—Index.

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