Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1, Introduction Amin Saikal and William Maley -- 2. The Geneva Accords of April 1988 William Maley -- 3. Post-withdrawal Afghanistan: light at the end of the tunnel Louis Dupree -- 4. The regional politics of the Afghan crisis Amin Saikal -- 5. The Afghan conflict and soviet domestic politics T. H. Rigby -- 6. The soviet armed forces and the Afghan war Geoffrey Jukes -- 7. Afghanistan and soviet alliances Robert F. Miller -- 8. Afghanistan and Sino-soviet relations Leslie Holmes -- 9. The Afghanistan 'settlement' and the future of world politics Richard A. Falk -- 10. Conclusions: management of the Afghan crisis J. L. Richardson -- Index