This book explores how the bureaucratic ruling elites in the state apparatus, lacking public support, relied on imperial powers for economic, military, and political assistance, and how an assortment of established and rising imperial powers since the eighteenth century exploite…
Verlagsinfo: At the height of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, a complex multinational diplomacy had proposed setting up a coalition government in Kabul as a solution to the 'Afghan problem'. Even as all sides worked on the coalition, the US took steps that India considered…
Reproduction of authors political diary on the political developments from 1982 to 1985 in Afghanistan.
Reproduction of author's political diary on the political development from 1982 to 1985 in Afghanistan.
Reproduction of author's political diary on the political developments from 1982 to 1985 in Afghanistan.
This book investigates the goals and methods of the former Soviet Union's foreign policy using the examples of its relations with Iran and Afghanistan. It analyses early Soviet foreign policy in the Middle East, a region in which Russia had traditionally been active politically,…
This book on Afghanistan is the result of two visits there in 1981 and close attention to developments since. His firsthand experience left an unforgettable impression on him as to just how the struggle for real freedom was developing.
An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country
An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country.
An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country