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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Daoud paid with his life for his megalomania and his over - confidence that he could manipulate Soviet and American competition to his own ends . He must carry the burden of historical responsibility for leading his country into the ...
Daoud paid with his life for his megalomania and his over - confidence that he could manipulate Soviet and American competition to his own ends . He must carry the burden of historical responsibility for leading his country into the ...
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Daoud's hubris and vaulting ambition led him for the second time into the Communist trap : he thought he could seize power with Communist help and , after entrenching himself , discard his leftist supporters .
Daoud's hubris and vaulting ambition led him for the second time into the Communist trap : he thought he could seize power with Communist help and , after entrenching himself , discard his leftist supporters .
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in his coup and joined his government , to become the effective power behind his throne ( obviating the need for stages 4 and 5 ) , but Moscow had misjudged the strong - willed , bull - headed Daoud : he refused to play by their rules .
in his coup and joined his government , to become the effective power behind his throne ( obviating the need for stages 4 and 5 ) , but Moscow had misjudged the strong - willed , bull - headed Daoud : he refused to play by their rules .
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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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