Research Catalog

Title

War without winners : Afghanistan's uncertain transition after the Cold War / Rasul Bakhsh Rais.

Author

Rais, Rasul Bakhsh.

Publication

Karachi, Pakistan ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Details

Description

xi, 286 pages : map; 23 cm

Summary

The situation created by Soviet intervention in Afghanistan attracted scholarly attention worldwide. But though much was written on Afghanistan, little effort was made to understand the domestic roots of the confrontation, nor was any effort made to explain the linkage between internal strife and external invasion. In this first work of its kind Dr Rasul Bakhsh Rais analyses all the factors that led to the Afghan tragedy. He examines the nature of the Afghan state and society, the dynamics of the regional and global power structure, the externalization of the civil strife and the resultant fragmentation of political power, thereby adding a fresh perspective to the debate on the politics and security of Afghanistan.

Subject

• Since 1973
• Politics and government
• Politischer Wandel
• Binnenlandse politiek
• Geschichte 1978-1993
• Geschichte 1964-1992
• Afghanistan > Politics and government > 1973-
• Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
• Afghanistan
• Afghanistan

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Revolution, Reforms and Rebellion -- 3. The Soviet Intervention -- 4. Soviet-Afghan War -- 5. The Geneva Accords -- 6. The Marxist Regime: Dependent Survival and Collapse -- 7. The Afghan Resistance -- 8. Transition to Mujahideen Government -- 9. The Vortex of Regional Power Rivalry -- 10. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 019577535X
• 9780195775358

LCCN

95113928

OCLC

• ocm31854486
• 31854486
• SCSB-14424233

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library