Christopher M Wyatt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1351146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher M Wyatt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher M |
| FAMILY NAME | Wyatt |
| SIGNATURE | WYATT C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0668-2992 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan
August in Kabul
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChristopher M. WyattChristopher M. Wyatt works at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire: Diplomacy and Strategy during the Great Game (2011)
Afghanistan
This article is about the interplay of defining characteristics in Afghanistan that led to the fall of King Amanullah in 1929. Previously, this has been done by looking at the reforms, tribal society and the ulema, the community of scholars, but the prism through which we examine Amanullah's downfall is Mahmud Tarzi's grouping together of ‘Din, Daulat, Watan, Millat' (Religion, State, Homeland (or Fatherland), Nation). The ideals informing this g…
Seeing Things Differently
This article addresses the question of what the Taliban think about drones. Western literature on this question is predominately anti-war, anti-drone, or critical of the lack of transparency, which means little to the Taliban. The discussion here focuses on their literature, exploring it through the frames of how Pashtuns understand war and bravery in combat, how Pashtuns have created meta narratives to discuss the relationship between US and all…
Antonio Giustozzi. The Army of Afghanistan
Antonio Giustozzi. The Army of Afghanistan: A Political History of a Fragile Institution." Asian Affairs, 48(1), pp. 151–152
Change and Discontinuity
In the imaginations of many, war in British India had its focus on the North-West Frontier and was fought against the tribes of that region. However, British thinking about Indian defence involving Afghanistan underwent tremendous change over the period under consideration. British plans to meet a Russian invasion on the Kabul-Kandahar Line in 1904 resembled those of any other Nineteenth Century Imperial campaign, with numbers of infantry and cav…
Afghanistan in the Great War
The period of the Great War in Afghanistan was one of the most transformational periods of her entire history. Less than a year after the end of the Great War, both Afghanistan and her relations with the rest of the world had changed forever. The article covers Afghanistan and the outbreak of war, the Niedermayer-Hentig mission from Germany, pressure on the frontier and at court, and the aftermath of the Assassination of Amir Habibullah. At Kabul…
Change and Discontinuity
In the imaginations of many, war in British India had its focus on the North-West Frontier and was fought against the tribes of that region. However, British thinking about Indian defence involving Afghanistan underwent tremendous change over the period under consideration. British plans to meet a Russian invasion on the Kabul-Kandahar Line in 1904 resembled those of any other Nineteenth Century Imperial campaign, with numbers of infantry and cav…
Afghanistan in the Great War
The period of the Great War in Afghanistan was one of the most transformational periods of her entire history. Less than a year after the end of the Great War, both Afghanistan and her relations with the rest of the world had changed forever. The article covers Afghanistan and the outbreak of war, the Niedermayer-Hentig mission from Germany, pressure on the frontier and at court, and the aftermath of the Assassination of Amir Habibullah. At Kabul…
Change and Discontinuity
In the imaginations of many, war in British India had its focus on the North-West Frontier and was fought against the tribes of that region. However, British thinking about Indian defence involving Afghanistan underwent tremendous change over the period under consideration. British plans to meet a Russian invasion on the Kabul-Kandahar Line in 1904 resembled those of any other Nineteenth Century Imperial campaign, with numbers of infantry and cav…
Antonio Giustozzi. The Army of Afghanistan
Antonio Giustozzi. The Army of Afghanistan: A Political History of a Fragile Institution." Asian Affairs, 48(1), pp. 151–152
Seeing Things Differently
This article addresses the question of what the Taliban think about drones. Western literature on this question is predominately anti-war, anti-drone, or critical of the lack of transparency, which means little to the Taliban. The discussion here focuses on their literature, exploring it through the frames of how Pashtuns understand war and bravery in combat, how Pashtuns have created meta narratives to discuss the relationship between US and all…
Afghanistan
This article is about the interplay of defining characteristics in Afghanistan that led to the fall of King Amanullah in 1929. Previously, this has been done by looking at the reforms, tribal society and the ulema, the community of scholars, but the prism through which we examine Amanullah's downfall is Mahmud Tarzi's grouping together of ‘Din, Daulat, Watan, Millat' (Religion, State, Homeland (or Fatherland), Nation). The ideals informing this g…
August in Kabul
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChristopher M. WyattChristopher M. Wyatt works at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire: Diplomacy and Strategy during the Great Game (2011)
Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Political science (7 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (7 works) · History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Military History and Strategy (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economic history (3 works)