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  • Cited by 66
  • 2nd edition
  • Olivier Roy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
April 2011
Print publication year:
1990
Online ISBN:
9780511563553
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511563553
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Islam, Area Studies, History, Religion, Middle East History, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
Series:
Cambridge Middle East Library (8)
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Book description

In this new edition, Olivier Roy expands his penetrating study of the history, ideology and structures of the Afghan resistance movement to mid-1989. He examines the evolution of the military and political situation inside Afghanistan during the last years of the Soviet presence and discusses relations between the Afghan resistance and the Islamic fundamentalist movement. The situation created by the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan is also explored, and in a new conclusion Professor Roy assesses to what extent the war has altered the traditional fabric of Afghan society.

Reviews

Some reviews of the first edition: ‘This is the most instructive study of the Afghan response to Marxist rule and Soviet intervention published to date. It is based on Roy's several lengthy visits threoughout Afghanistan between 1980 and 1985 … this is preeminently a study of Afghan society, religion and politics in an elemental struggle for cultural and national survival.’

Source: South Asia

‘This superb book … has instantly become the standard reference work on the subject.’

Source: Religion in Communist Lands

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