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Can Louis XIV's consolidation of power in seventeenth-century France guide the way for state builders in Afghanistan today? Sheri Berman defends her case.
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Authors: A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury, Rockefeller Foundation, Asia Office and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Ronald R. Krebs, James Nathan, and Sheri Berman
July/August 2010
Foreign Affairs
Can Louis XIV's consolidation of power in seventeenth-century France guide the way for state builders in Afghanistan today? Sheri Berman defends her case.
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