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"A nation is dying" : Afghanistan under the Soviets, 1979-87
- Title
- "A nation is dying" : Afghanistan under the Soviets, 1979-87 / Jeri Laber and Barnett R. Rubin.
- Author
- Laber, Jeri.
- Publication
- Evanston, IL : Northwestern University Press, 1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS371.2 .L33 1988 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Rubin, Barnett R.
- Description
- xvi, 179 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Nearly one million Afghan civilian non-combatants ... have been murdered during the eight years of the Soviet-Afghan conflict ... More than five million refugees ... have fled to neighboring Pakistan and Iran. It is vital for the world to know what has happened. [This book] analyzes these events without political or ideological bias, recording human rights violations on both sides of the conflict, and provides an invaluable framework in which to understand them"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 155-157.
- Contents
- Historical background -- Crimes against the rural population -- Destruction of the rural economy -- Torture and killing of prisoners of war -- Repression in the cities -- Suppression of civil liberties and independent institutions -- Creation of a new, Soviet-trained generation.
- ISBN
- 0810107716
- 9780810107717
- 0810107724
- 9780810107724
- LCCN
- 88001681
- OCLC
- ocm17508358
- 17508358
- SCSB-14424261
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library