The Afghanistan wars / William Maley.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 329 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780230213142
- DS 371.2 .M35 2009
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Twentieth-century wars—cover page.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-315) and index.
Contents: Acknowledgements—Note on references—Map—Introduction (p. 1)—1. The road to war (p. 6)—2. Soviet strategy, tactics, and dilemmas (p. 32)—3. The development of Afghan resistance (p.48)—4. The Karmal period, 1979-1986 (p. 71)—5. The Najibullah-Gorbachev period, 1986-1989 (p. 90)—6. The road to Soviet withdrawal (p. 105)—7. Consequences of the Soviet-Afghan war (p. 127)—8. The interregnum of Najibullah, 1989-1992 (p. 140)—9. The rise and fall of the Rabbani government, 1992-1996 (p. 162)—10. The rise and rule of the Taliban, 1994-2001 (p. 182)—11. The fall of the Taliban (p. 210)—12. Post-Taliban Afghanistan (p. 230)—References—Index.
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