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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20130601143251.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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090803s2009 enk b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2009031865 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780754679400 |
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International Standard Book Number |
9780754698616 |
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
DS357.5. |
Item number |
Q37 2009 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Qassem, Ahmad Shayeq. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Afghanistan's political stability : |
Remainder of title |
a dream unrealised / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Ahmad Shayeq Qassem. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Burlington, VT : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Ashgate, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2009. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
vi, 216 p. ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
“Political stability has always been a central theme of policy for all governments and political system in the history of modern Afghanistan. Since its inception in the mid-nineteenth century, the country experimented with a diverse succession of political systems and state ideologies matched by few other countries’ political histories. In the span of less than nine decades from independence in 1919, the Afghan state was substantially restructured at least a dozen times…”—back cover. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
“Includes bibliography”—(p. [177]-206). |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Contents: Preface—Acknowledgements—Introduction (p. 1)—1. Afghanistan’s historic relations with Central and South Asia (p. 15)—2. Ethno-nationalism and development (p. 45)—3. Soviet occupation and transformation of Afghan-Pakistan relations (p. 67)—4. The Islamic state of Afghanistan (ISA), the Taliban, and stability (p. 89)—5. Regional cooperation and political stability (p. 125)—6. Contemporary Central Asia and Afghanistan’s stability (p. 153)—Conclusion (p. 169)—Appendix (p. 175)—Bibliography (p. 177)—Index (p. 207). |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Political stability |
Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
History. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islam and politics |
Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
Politics and government. |
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Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Geographic subdivision |
Asia, Central. |
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Geographic name |
Asia, Central |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
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Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Geographic subdivision |
South Asia. |
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Geographic name |
South Asia |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Geographic subdivision |
Afghanistan. |
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Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
Ethnic relations. |
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Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
General subdivision |
History |
Chronological subdivision |
Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. |
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942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
Koha item type |
Monograph |