The Afghanistan Wars

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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 ...
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Overview

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.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780333802908
  • Publisher: Palgrave-UK-USA
  • Publication date: 10/11/2002
  • Edition description: REV
  • Pages: 352
  • Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 1.10 (d)

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WILLIAM MALEY is Professor and Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University, Australia.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Map
Introduction 1
1 The Road to War 5
2 Soviet Strategy, Tactics, and Dilemmas 37
3 The Development of Afghan Resistance 57
4 The Karmal Period, 1979-1986 85
5 The Najibullah-Gorbachev Period, 1986-1989 108
6 The Road to Soviet Withdrawal 126
7 Consequences of the Soviet-Afghan War 153
8 The Interregnum of Najibullah, 1989-1992 168
9 The Rise and Fall of the Rabbani Government, 1992-1996 194
10 The Rise and Rule of the Taliban, 1994-2001 218
11 The Fall of the Taliban 251
References 284
Index 322
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