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Afghan Modern

The History of a Global Nation

Robert D. Crews

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$29.95 • £23.95 • €27.00

ISBN 9780674286092

Publication Date: 09/14/2015

400 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Robert D. Crews is Associate Professor of History at Stanford University.

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On Democracy Now!, watch Robert Crews argue that the United States must actively help resettle Afghans displaced by the continuing strife in their country
Read Crews’s contribution to a New York Times “Room for Debate” forum, “Is America Responsible for Afghan Refugees?”
At Foreign Policy, read Crews’s argument that, after a half-century of meddling within Afghanistan’s borders, the U.S. must accept responsibility for Afghan refugees
In Foreign Affairs, read Crews’s overview of recent developments in grassroots/street-level Afghan politics
Browse a selection of HUP works on Islam’s place in the world—past and present

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