| Description |
ix, 340 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Road to War -- 2. Soviet Strategy, Tactics, and Dilemmas -- 3. The Development of Afghan Resistance -- 4. The Karmal Period, 1979-1986 -- 5. The Najibullah-Gorbachev Period, 1986-1989 -- 6. The Road to Soviet Withdrawal -- 7. Consequences of the Soviet-Afghan War -- 8. The Interregnum of Najibullah, 1989-1992 -- 9. The Rise and Fall of the Rabbani Government, 1992-1996 -- 10. The Rise and Rule of the Taliban, 1994-2001 -- 11. The Fall of the Taliban |
| Summary |
"The Afghanistan Wars provides a meticulously documented account of these waves of conflict. It explores, in detail the roots of Afghanistan's slide into disorder in the late 1970s, how the Soviet Union came to the rescue of unworthy clients and was then sucked into a quagmire, the frightening consequences of state breakdown and self-interested meddling by Afghanistan's neighbours in the period after communist rule collapsed, and the rise and fall of the Taliban. Incisive and informative, the book mounts a compelling case for partnership with the Afghans as they seek to reassemble their lives."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Afghanistan |
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Soviet Union |
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Wars |
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Political conditions |
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Military occupation |
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Political change |
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Taliban |
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Civil war |
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History |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library |
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Signed by author 1 copy. ANU |
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English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001522
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Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002317
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Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Military history.
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| LC no. |
2002070642 |
| ISBN |
0333802918 paperback |
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033380290X cased |
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