@JJSchroden Hello there, what is the best book you’d recommend to learn about Afghanistan, in a historical, cultural and military perspective ?
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How to pick just 1? Perhaps the best I can do is recommend one excellent work: “The Fragmentation of
#Afghanistan” by Rubin & then pass on your ask to others. What say you@BRRubin@mariamamini@Afghan_Policy@OmSamad@a_a_jackson@jmurtazashvili@smithkabul@LaurelMillerICG 1/2
Fun thread ;) I second the @BRRubin Fragmentation and the Gopal book. Louis Dupree's 'Afghanistan' is still a handy reference for the basics, and Saikal's work is helpful too. I'm struck by how much, as ever, the big books on Afghanistan are about war. Unsurprising but...
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Ghani Khan's poetry and satire has taught me more (or was far more enjoyable?) than most academic books. (technically not 'Afghan' I know but still). Go find The Pathan...there's a scanned photocopy floating around the internet
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Plus David Edwards 'Before Taliban." And Anna Pont's "Blind Chickens" -- surprisingly underread and underrated. The kind of solid anthropology that challenges stereotypes, and which you don't often find in Afghanistan http://www.afghandata.org:8080/xmlui/handle/azu/3278 …
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