TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anwar,Raja
AU  - Khalid Hasan
AU  - Fred Halliday
TI  - The tragedy of Afghanistan : : a first-hand account / 
SN  - 086091979X
AV  - DS371.2. A59 1989
PY  - 1988///, 1989.
CY  - London ; , New York : 
PB  - Verso, 
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  History
KW  -  Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
KW  -  Politics and government
KW  -  1973-
KW  -  Saur Revolution, 1978
N1  - “Translated from Urdu”.; Contents: Translator’s note—Author’s foreword—Introduction : Fred Halliday—1. Early history—2. The British and Afghanistan—3. Into modern times—4. Genesis of the Pushtun problem—5. The birth of Afghan communism—6. The Karmal-Taraki break—7. The end of kingship—8. The takeover plan—9. The April revolution—10. Taraki’s tryst with destiny and the first conspiracy—11. The contradictions of Afghan society—12. Reforms and their aftermath—13. The December treaty—14. Taraki’s end : Amin comes to power—15. Taraki’s career, and his murder—16. Amin in office and his downfall—17. Karmal : Brezhnev’s own creature—18. Karmal’s ‘new phase’—19. ‘Leninist tactics’—20. The red army and Soviet advisers—21. External interference—22. The Afghan ‘Mujahideen’—23. Karmal’s deposition and the future outlook—Afterword : … and after the Soviet withdrawal—Notes—Index
ER  -