The Making of Modern Afghanistan

Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain's imperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more than pawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the 'Great Game'.

Author: B. Hopkins
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/24/2008
Pages: 259
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230302372

About the Author
B. D.HOPKINS is currently an Assistant Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. His work focuses on modern South Asian history, in particular that of Afghanistan and the northwest frontier during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is also co-author (with Magnus Marsden) of Fragments of the Afghan Frontier, as well as numerous journalarticles.