The search for peace in Afghanistan
Subtitle: from buffer state to failed state
By: Barnett R. Rubin.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973-
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.