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The tragedy of Afghanistan : a first-hand account / Raja Anwar ; translated from the Urdu by Khalid Hasan ; with introduction by Fred Halliday.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Verso, ©1988, 1989. Description: xvii, 306 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 086091979X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.2. A59 1989
Contents:
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.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.2.A59 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000376128
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“Translated from Urdu”.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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