(Un)knowing the country: empire & the genesis of the Afghanistan expertise industry
Bayly, M. J.
(1 November 2021)
(Un)knowing the country: empire & the genesis of the Afghanistan expertise industry.
South Asia @ LSE.
(1 November 2021)
(Un)knowing the country: empire & the genesis of the Afghanistan expertise industry.
South Asia @ LSE.
In light of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Afghanistan is back in the news, and Afghanistan expertise is back in fashion. In this Long Read, Martin J. Bayly explores the imperial histories that sit behind these forms of expert knowledge, and what they might tell about contemporary foreign policy expertise.