The Army Of Afghanistan : (Record no. 65931)

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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781849044813 (hardback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency DLC
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 355.009581
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 355.009581
Item number GIU-A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Giustozzi, Antonio.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Army Of Afghanistan :
Medium [Book] :
Remainder of title a political history of a fragile institution /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Antonio Giustozzi.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 309 pages ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book is the first full length political history of the Afghan Army, and as such is unparalleled in the range and depth of its analysis of this vitally important institution. Giustozzi locates the Army's development within the wider context of state-building in Afghanistan. His volume includes a brief survey of the period to 1953, but focuses mainly on subsequent developments, over the last four decades, as the officer corps began to be politicised and later factionalised, especially during the Russian-backed regime of the Communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), which ruled the country from 1978 to 1992. Despite the stress on the politics of praetorianism, the volume describes the Afghan Army's performance on the battlefield in detail, highlighting the potential contradiction between military effectiveness and political loyalty to the ruling elite. The volume covers developments to the end of 2013 and is the result of extensive interviews conducted with both Afghan Army officers and their advisers and mentors.
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note All.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Afghanistan.
Geographic subdivision Politics and government.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Afghanistan-- Afghan National Army.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Armies.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civil-military relations.
852 ## - LOCATION
Piece designation 54292
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Classification part 355.009581 GIU-A
Sublocation or collection Ground Floor
Former shelving location Books
Copy number 1
Piece physical condition 1-New
Location JZL-CUI
Holdings
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09/12/2023   355.009581 GIU-A Ground Floor 09/12/2023 Books         Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 54292 Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 09/12/2023