Afghanistan : the Soviet invasion and the Afghan response, 1979-1982 /

"Few people are more respected or better positioned to speak on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan than M. Hassan Kakar. A professor at Kabul University and scholar of Afghanistan affairs at the time of the 1978 coup d'état, Kakar vividly describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kakar, M. Hasan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1997, ©1995.
Edición:[Pbk. ed., 1997].
Temas:
1979-1989
HISTORY.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY / Middle East / General
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Afghānistān > Histoire > 1979-1989 (Intervention soviétique)
Afghanistan.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  • Why did the Soviet Union invade?
  • Under the Soviet shadow
  • Islamic resistance organizations
  • Nationalist resistance organizations
  • Urban uprisings and their suppression
  • Beginning of the countrywide armed clashes
  • A new type of war leader: the case of Logar
  • KhAD as an agency of suppression
  • Military and administrative measures for consolidation of the government
  • Victory at any cost
  • Elimination of opponents by nonmilitary means
  • Genocide throughout the country
  • Genocide in districts around Kabul
  • Epilogue, 1982-1994
  • Appendix A. Political organizations, factions, and unions
  • Appendix B. Selected biographical sketches
  • Appendix C. Afghan refugees in Pakistan
  • Appendix D. Telephone conversation between Kosygin and Taraki.

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