Title: The fragmentation of Afghanistan : state formation and collapse in the international system /
Authors: Rubin, Barnett R.
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Afghanistan History
Abstract: "This book examines Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the tall of Najibullah, the Last Soviet-installed president, in 1992. This edition, newly revised by the author, reflects developments since then and includes material on the Taliban and Usama bin Laden. It is a book that now seems remarkably prescient."
Contents: Pt. I. The old regime: state, society, and politics -- pt. II. The PDPA in power: from the second cold war to the collapse of the USSR -- pt. II. The Islamic resistance: Mujahidin, society, and the international system.