War without winners
Subtitle: Afghanistan's uncertain transition after the Cold War
By: Rasul Bakhsh Rais.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Karachi, Pakistan; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973-; Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Description: The situation created by Soviet intervention in Afghanistan attracted scholarly attention worldwide. But though much was written on Afghanistan, little effort was made to understand the domestic roots of the confrontation, nor was any effort made to explain the linkage between internal strife and external invasion.

In this first work of its kind Dr Rasul Bakhsh Rais analyses all the factors that led to the Afghan tragedy. He examines the nature of the Afghan state and society, the dynamics of the regional and global power structure, the externalization of the civil strife and the resultant fragmentation of political power, thereby adding a fresh perspective to the debate on the politics and security of Afghanistan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index.