About the Author

Ralph H. Magnus is the coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. He is a former assistant cultural attache of the American embassy in Kabul. Eden Naby is a scholar of the Middle East and Central Asia and has served on the faculties at Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Wisconsin.

Reviews

"This long-awaited study is a welcome addition to the growing literature on modern Afghan politics." Pacific Affairs "Written in an easy style that is thankfully free of jargon, Magnus and Naby's contribution provides a useful...introduction to the complexity of modern Afghanistan." Middle East Journal "Perhaps the best to date, this book is an in-depth account and analysis of recent Afghan history.... Should remain a standard resource on Afghanistan for some time to come." Choice