Afghanistan, the Great Game RevisitedA 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 Accords-The 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 |
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The American response American policy - makers were slow to realize the potential of the Soviet diplomatic offensive . This was partly due to the inadequate operations of the American embassy in Kabul in the 1950s under the direction of ...
The American response American policy - makers were slow to realize the potential of the Soviet diplomatic offensive . This was partly due to the inadequate operations of the American embassy in Kabul in the 1950s under the direction of ...
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The academic community was equally uninformed and uninterested : the first book on Afghanistan by an American scholar did not appear until 1965 , and few others followed.24 Finally , in mid - 1955 , when Angus Ward was replaced by ...
The academic community was equally uninformed and uninterested : the first book on Afghanistan by an American scholar did not appear until 1965 , and few others followed.24 Finally , in mid - 1955 , when Angus Ward was replaced by ...
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Most Americans working in Afghanistan , including officials , knew nothing about the history of thwarted Afghan efforts to obtain American assistance and were frustrated by what they perceived as Afghan ingratitude and hostility .
Most Americans working in Afghanistan , including officials , knew nothing about the history of thwarted Afghan efforts to obtain American assistance and were frustrated by what they perceived as Afghan ingratitude and hostility .
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A Letter from a Soviet Ambassador | 31 |
The Road to Crisis 19191980 | 37 |
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| Otsikko | Afghanistan, the Great Game Revisited Focus on issues G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Toimittaja | Rosanne Klass |
| Painos | tarkistettu |
| Kustantaja | Freedom House, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0932088589, 9780932088581 |
| Pituus | 565 sivua |
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