War in Afghanistan: Local and Global Perspectives

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This course offers critical perspectives on war in Afghanistan from historical and contemporary local and global perspectives. This course considers the philosophy of war and the Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1919). The course then deals with U.S.-Afghan relations during the Cold War, and covers the post-9/11 period. In the context of war in Afghanistan, the course provides critical analyses of democracy, inequality, neoliberalism, power and race.