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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Afghans are divided , yes , by cultural differences and by personal ambitions and rivalries ; and they may --- in the brutal realities of war and genocide of which they are the victims --- sometimes even sell each other out to win ...
Afghans are divided , yes , by cultural differences and by personal ambitions and rivalries ; and they may --- in the brutal realities of war and genocide of which they are the victims --- sometimes even sell each other out to win ...
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2 In 1918 , a commission under Stalin's chairmanship reorganized the entire administrative structure of Central Asia on a new cultural basis : Turkestan was fragmented into various republics and areas , named for the majority ethnic ...
2 In 1918 , a commission under Stalin's chairmanship reorganized the entire administrative structure of Central Asia on a new cultural basis : Turkestan was fragmented into various republics and areas , named for the majority ethnic ...
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unit cultural autonomy and its own language for official transactions and schooling . In due course , this fragmentation will necessitate the adoption of Russian ( instead of Farsi ) as the lingua franca and the medium of instruction in ...
unit cultural autonomy and its own language for official transactions and schooling . In due course , this fragmentation will necessitate the adoption of Russian ( instead of Farsi ) as the lingua franca and the medium of instruction in ...
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Chapters | 1 |
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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