Title A slow reckoning : the USSR, the Afghan communists, and Islam / Vassily Klimentov

Published Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024 ©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : illustrations, map Series NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies Contents The Basmachi and Soviet Islam -- Khalq's Islam and the decision to intervene -- Ideology in the Karmal era -- Najibullah's Islamisation -- The USSR, Afghanistan, and the Muslim world -- Moscow's Islamist threat Summary "This book studies the Soviet Union and the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and their views of and policies toward Islam and Islamism during the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989). It shows how the Soviets and the PDPA were driven by Marxist-Leninist ideology and long underestimated the importance of Islam in Afghanistan"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2024) Subject Islam and politics -- Afghanistan Islam and politics -- Soviet Union Communism and Islam -- Afghanistan HISTORY / Islamic Communism and Islam Islam and politics Religion & beliefs. Religion. SUBJECT Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Religious aspects -- Islam. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020006103 Subject Afghanistan Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2023023254 ISBN 9781501773822 1501773828 9781501773815 150177381X

Other Titles USSR, the Afghan communists, and Islam Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Afghan communists, and Islam

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