760 S., ISBN: 0-691-03006-5
Princeton (N.J.): Princeton UP, 1973
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Dieses Werk von Louis DUPREE ist das amerikanische Pendant zum Werk von Max KLIMBURG. Allerdings viel umfangreicher deckt es den Zeitraum bis knapp vor dem Putsch von Mohammed Daoud ab. Neben der Beschreibung der geografischen Struktur, den Ethnien, der Religion und des Lebensalltags ist die Geschichte ein Schwerpunkt. Zahlreiche Karten, Diagramme und Bilder ergänzen den Text. Trotz seines Alters lesenwert, wenn man Afghanistan und auch die gegenwärtigen Ereignisse besser verstehen will.
I disagree, for, until 1880, the process of alternating fusion and fission dominated the political scene. By political fusion and fission, I mean the following pattern of events: A charismatic leader arises in a tribal society and, by military power, intrigue, and judiciously arranged marriages, unites several tribes into a confederation, which spreads as far as its accumulated power permits, creating an empire, not a nation-state. With (sometimes before) the death of the emperor, fission occurs, and the great empire once again segments into a multiplicity of tribal kingdoms. (...)
Ahmad Shah Durrani, therefore, created a Durrani empire, not a nation-state. Even before his death, the tribal wars and struggles for individual power within the various branches of the ruling family began, and they continued into the twentieth century.