| Publication |
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2015.
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| Description |
xxii, 312pRed spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
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 Mughals, 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 and unconventional war in Afghanistan during the last five centuries.
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| Standard Number |
9780198099109 Hb.
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