Afghanistan History and Facts
This page will provide you with books, articles and sites on the history of Afghanistan and the issues related to events in the book The Kite Runner.
Free Internet Resources:
Nyrop, Richard F., Donald M. Seekins, and American University. Foreign Area Studies. Afghanistan: A Country Study. 5th ed. Vol. 550-65. Washington, D.C.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1986. Call number: D101.22:550-65/2/986 Accessed 28 July 2006 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS18505
"Afghanistan: a Country Study." Ed. Peter R. Blood. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. May 2006. Library of Congress. Country Studies, May 2006. Accessed 15 June 2006 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aftoc.html
“CIA-The World Factbook-Afghanistan.” World Factbook. 13 June 2006. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed 28 June 2006 https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
U.S. Department of State. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. "Background Note: Afghanistan." U.S. Department of State. May 2006. U.S. Department of State. Accessed 27 June 2006 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5380.htm
Periodical Articles:
"Afghanistan." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Ed. Philip Mattar. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004: 53. 4 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale. Syracuse University Library. Accessed 27 June 2006
Books:
Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1991. Call number: DS356 .A27 1991
Barth, Kelly. The Rise and Fall of the Taliban. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Call number: DS371.3.R582 2005
Dupree, Louis. Afghanistan. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1980. Call number: DS351.5.D86 1980
Dupree, Nancy Hatch, and A?mad Ali Kohzad. An Historical Guide to Kabul. Kabul: Afghan Tourist Organization, 1965. Call number: DS375.K2 W6
Gregorian, Vartan. The Emergence of Modern Afghanistan: Politics of Reform and Modernization, 1880-1946. Stanford, CA: Stanford UP, 1969. Call number: DS361 .G68
Johnson, Chris, and Jolyon Leslie. Afghanistan: The Mirage of Peace. London; New York: Zed Books, 2004. Call number: DS371.3.J64 2004
Klass, Rosanne. Afghanistan, the Great Game Revisited. New York, N.Y.: Freedom House; Distributed by UPA, 1987. Call number: DS357.6.S65 A35 1987
Laber, Jeri, and Barnett R. Rubin. "A Nation is Dying": Afghanistan Under the Soviets, 1979-87. Evanston, IL: Northwestern UP, 1988. Call number: DS371.2 .L33 1988
Matinuddin, Kamal. The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-1997. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford UP, 1999.Call number: DS371.3 .M38 1999
Mousavi, Sayed Askar. The Hazaras of Afghanistan: An Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Study. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Call number: DS354.6.H3 M68 1997
Mukherjee, Sadhan. Afghanistan from Tragedy to Triumph. New Delhi: Sterling, 1984. Call number: DS371.2 .M85 1984
Rais, Rasul Bux. War without Winners: Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition After the Cold War. 1st ed. Karachi, Pakistan; New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Call number: DS371.2.R4 1994
Warikoo, K., and Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation. The Afghanistan Crisis: Issues and Perspectives. New Delhi: Bhavana Books & Prints, 2002. Call number: DS371.3.A385 2002
