num_pages: 208
description: Afghanistan's fourteen-year-long civil war erupted in 1978 and ended in the disintegration of a state that was first hyperarmed by the superpowers and then abandoned by them. This book analyzes the part played by international politics in this debacle, discussing how changing patterns of strategic conflict and cooperation have affected international negotiations over Afghanistan from the period of the civil war to the present.
language: English
title: The Search for Peace in Afghanistan: From Buffer State to Failed State
titlecomplete: The Search for Peace in Afghanistan: From Buffer State to Failed State
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Yale University Press