# books / Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan

A brilliant, entertaining dive into the history of Afghanistan, its characters, occupants, political, cultural and religious forces. Modern Afghanistan is a tale of cities, and their “modern”, West-sympathising elite, and the rural more conservative masses, whose lives of religious faith have been continuously disrupted by invaders promising “democracy” and “a better life”.

If you want to understand what shapes the Afghanistan we see today, and why the West has continually tried and failed to control it, this is the book. More than anything, the book vibrantly presents the cultural clashes and misunderstandings which have befuddled invaders time and again, proving that only Afghans can determine the future of their country.