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Heroes of the Age
by David B Edwards
This book looks at the competition between tribe, state and Islam… and the tension that exists between various centres of authority
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“he traces a person’s story and shows how that person says something about Afghanistan. For example, he traces the story of Amir Abdur Rahman, who was able to forge a strong state. But then, when he died, his body had to be smuggled out of the capital in order to be buried, because people were so enraged by his heavyhandedness. It was one of the more sobering books that I read on Afghanistan and the tension that exists between various different centres of authority.” Read more...
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