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Author Marsden, Peter, 1945 September 22-

Title Afghanistan : aid, armies and empires / Peter Marsden
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction; 2. The Great Game; 3. The Build-Up to the Soviet Intervention; 4. The Soviet Military Intervention; 5. The Build-up to the US-Led Intervention; 6. The US-Led Military Intervention; 7. The Relationship between US Strategy and the Aid Process; 8. The Specific Impact of Development and Humanitarian Assistance; 9. The Interface between NGOs and the International Military; 10. Conclusions; Endnotes; Index
Summary As the battle for Afghanistan intensifies, with humanitarian workers increasingly finding themselves on the frontline, aid expert Peter Marsden draws on decades of personal experience in the country to unravel the relationship between great power politics and development, from the Great Game era to the present day. While the US has recently been criticized for blurring the distinctions between military and humanitarian operations, the use of aid to further great power strategic objectives is, Marsden finds, nothing new. Examining the interventions of the British in the 19th Century, the Soviets in 1979, and the US in 2001, he brings to light significant new information on the use of aid in pursuit of strategic objectives. Drawing on his own experience, he explains the changing relationship between the aid community and different Afghan governments, including the Taliban. His rigorously argued conclusions are surprising; and make compelling reading matter for military and humanitarian policymakers alike. Afghanistan: Aid, Armies and Empires offers both a coruscating exploration of the relationship between aid and power, and a fresh and original history of Afghanistan through the prism of great power politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index
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Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan -- History
Humanitarian assistance -- Political aspects -- Afghanistan
Asian history.
HISTORY -- Military -- Afghan War (2001- )
Humanitarian assistance
Humanitarian assistance -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Besetzung
Politische Stabilität
Humanitäre Intervention
SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001524
Subject Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441637185
1441637184
1845117514
9781845117511
9780857710079
0857710079