Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xlv, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index. |
Summary |
"This book examines Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the fall of Najibullah, the Last Soviet-installed president, in 1992. This edition, newly revised by the author, reflects developments since then and includes material on the Taliban and Usama bin Laden. It is a book that now seems remarkably prescient." |
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"Drawing on two decades of research, Barnett R. Rubin, a leading expert on Afghanistan, provides a fascinating account of the nature of the old regime, the rise and fall of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, and the troubled mujahidin resistance. He relates all these phenomena to international actors, showing how the interaction of U.S. policy and Pakistani and Saudi Arabian interests has helped to create the challenges of today. Rubin puts into context the continuing turmoil in Afghanistan and offers readers a coherent historical explanation for the country's social and political fragmentation."--Jacket. |
Contents |
The old regime: state,, society, and politics -- The PDPA in power: from the second cold war to the collapse of the USSR -- The Islamic resistance : Mujahidin, society, and the international system. |
Subject |
Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989) (OCoLC)fst01355030
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Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
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Afghanistan. (OCoLC)fst01205406
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Chronological Term |
1979-1989
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
0300095201 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780300095203 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0300095198 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780300095197 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
9780300095197 |
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