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Squeezed between four empires–Russia, China, India, and Persia–Afghanistan’s tortured history provides an extraordinary glimpse into the patterns of world movements. Today Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where new spheres of influence are taking shape as the U.S. positions itself into becoming a major player in Central Asia. The first serious history of modern Afghanistan, this book is of vital importance for understanding the country’s current crisis and is essential reading for historians, policy makers, and all those interested in the state of the world today.