Internationales Alfred-Döblin-Kolloquium, Leipzig 1997
By: herausgegeben von Ira Lorf und Gabriele Sander.
Contributors: Sander, Gabriele, 1955-; Lorf, Ira
Series: Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik.; Bd. 46
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bern; New York
Language: ger
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements page v; title: Glossary xi; title: Abbreviations xiii; title: Introduction 1; title: Part I. THE LIMITS OF 'SOVIETIZATION'; title: Chapters; title: 1. The original social base of the 'Democratic Republic'; title: and its transformations 10; title: The situation in 1980 10; title: Transformations after 1980 16; title: The countryside 17; title: 2. Difficulties in the implementation of the social program; title: of the Revolution 20; title: Female emancipation 20; title: The literacy campaign 22; title: The land reform 24; title: 3. The building up of the social base of the Saur; title: Revolution and its limits 33; title: The expansion of party membership and its limits 33; title: The expansion of party structures 36; title: ,Agitprop 40; title: Expansion of the social base 46; title: Party militias 48; title: The republic of the notables 50; title: 4. Reluctant concessions and co-optations 54; title: Political approaches 54; title: Religious policy 57; title: Part II. THE AFGHAN REGULAR ARMED FORCES:; title: RECONSTRUCTION, REORGANIZATION AND; title: STRUCTURAL LIMITS; title: 5. Karmal's 'new model army' and its role in the war 65; title: Stages of recovery 67; title: The impact of military operations 70; title: Organizational developments 76; title: 6. The political shortcomings of the armed forces and; title: the party response 81; title: Factional infighting 81; title: Desertions 84; title: The party and the armedforces 86; title: 7. The efforts to build up quantitatively the armed forces; title: and their limits 89; title: Recruitment 89; title: Levels of manpower 93; title: 8. Attempts to address the strategic problems 95; title: Police operations 95; title: Intelligence operations 98; title: Porous borders 99; title: Strategic reserve 103; title: 9. (In-)Effectiveness of the Afghan armed forces 107; title: Morale and professionalism 107; title: Equipment 112; title: The overall strategic balance 113; title: 10. Perverse effects on the army of the transformations; title: caused by the war 116; title: Part III. THE 'PACIFICATION POLICY', 1980-1991; title: 11. The early approaches 120; title: Thefirst strategic and tactical elaborations 120; title: Tribal policy 130; title: 12. The first political strategy of 'pacification' 137; title: The local organs of power 137; title: The National Fatherland Front 142; title: Achievements andfurther initiatives 147; title: 13. The National Reconciliation 154; title: Najibullah: continuity and discontinuity 154; title: National Reconciliation in the countryside 163; title: Impact of the Soviet withdrawal 176; title: 14. Overall considerations on the policy of'pacification' 186; title: Achievements 186; title: Solidity and limits of the pacification policy 192; title: Part IV. THE ROLE OF THE MILITIAS; title: 15. Origins of the militia system 198; title: 16. The rise in importance of the militias 207; title: 17. The place of the militias in the economy of the war 213; title: Activities of the Militias 213; title: Loyalty of the Militias 216; title: Attempts to increase the reliability of the militias 219; title: 18. Perverse effects of the spread of the militias 225; title: 19. Conclusion: The Fall of Najibullah 232; title: 20. The aftermath: Afghanistan's disintegration 240; title: Appendixes; title: A. Statistical Tables 251; title: B. Maps 289; title: C. Graphs 294; title: Bibliography 297; title: Index 313.