Book review: Afghanistan works best in a federal structurewith a large amount of power devolved to theoutlying regions

Partridge, Matthew (2012) Book review: Afghanistan works best in a federal structurewith a large amount of power devolved to theoutlying regions. LSE Review of Books (15 Aug 2012). Website.

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Author Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan and ultimately finds governance was relatively easy in the country when power was concentrated in a small dynastic elite, but this delicate political order broke down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Afghanistan’s rulers mobilized rural militias to expel first the British and later the Soviets. Matthew Partridge reviews. Afghanistan: A Political and Cultural History. Thomas Barfield. Princeton University Press. 2012.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2012 16:20
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 18:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47172

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