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050	0	0	_aDS371.2. _bA59 1989
100	1		_aAnwar, Raja, _d1944-.
245	1	4	_aThe tragedy of Afghanistan : _ba first-hand account / _cRaja Anwar ; translated from the Urdu by Khalid Hasan ; with introduction by Fred Halliday.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bVerso, _c©1988, 1989.
300			_axvii, 306 pages ; _c24 cm.
500			_a“Translated from Urdu”.
504			_6Includes bibliographical references.
505			_aContents: 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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651		0	_aAfghanistan _x History _y Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _x Politics and government _y 1973-.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _x History _y Saur Revolution, 1978.
700	1		_aKhalid Hasan. _etranslated from the Urdu by
700	1		_aFred Halliday. _ewith introduction by
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