Afghanistan, the Great Game Revisited

A single comprehensive guide to the issue of the Soviet invasion that explains what is happening and why, and what it means for the rest of the world. Readable and concise as well as authoritative, it includes information that has never before been made public in chapters contributed by an international roster of leading experts. A new chapter, "The Geneva AccordsóThe Settlement and its Consequences," updates this bestseller in order to look at the recent developments in the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan both in theory and in fact.