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In Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan, Olivier Roy convincingly argues that the forces opposing Marxist rule of the country, though advocating a return to the basic tenets of Islam, are not all reactionary or backward-looking. Indeed, he contends that an Islamic revolution, advocating a modernisation of Afghan society, took place under the eyes of the Russian occupation forces, whose efforts to contain it served mainly to consolidate it. In this new edition, the author expands his penetrating study of the history, ideology and structures of the Afghan resistance movement to mid-1989. He examines the evolution of the military and political situation inside Afghanistan during the last years of the Soviet presence and discusses relations between the Afghan resistance and the Islamic fundamentalist movements. The situation created by the Soviet withdrawal from the country is also explored and in a new conclusion Professor Roy assesses to what extent the war has altered the traditional fabric of Afghan society. Professor Olivier Roy is a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Sdentifique. Some reviews of the first edition: "This is the most instructive study of the Afghan response to Marxist rule and Soviet intervention published to date. It is based on Roy's several lengthy visits throughout Afghanistan between 1980 and 1985 . . . this is preeminently a study of Afghan society, religion and politics in an elemental struggle for cultural and national survival." South Asia "This superb book . . . has instantly become the standard reference work on the subject." 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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE NEW YORK PORT CHESTER MELBOURNE SYDNEY cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521397001 © Cambridge University Press 1986, 1990 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Reprinted 1988 Second edition published 1990 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Roy, Olivier, 1949– [Afghanistan. English] Islam and resistance in Afghanistan / Olivier Roy. – 2nd ed. p. cm. — (Cambridge Middle East library) Translation of: L’Afghanistan. Includes bibliographical references isbn o 521 39308 6 – isbn o 521 39700 6 (pbk) 1. Islam and politics – Afghanistan. 2. Islam – Afghanistan. 3. Afghanistan – History – Soviet occupation, 1979–1989. 1. Title. II. Series. bp63.a54r6813 1990 322´.1´o9581–dc20 90-1709 cip isbn 978-0-521-39308-9 Hardback isbn 978-0-521-39700-1 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables, and other factual information given in this work is correct at the time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter.
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