Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan

Lansford, Professor Tom; Kalpakian, Professor Jack; Lansford, Professor Tom

Taylor & Francis Ltd

09/2003

216

Dura

Inglês

9780754636151

15 a 20 dias

This text presents a historical overview of the causes and legacy of Afghanistan's internal conflict and explores the role and influence of the actors involved, including the various ethnic and religious groups and external powers such as the United States and the Soviet Union.
Contents: Introduction: the renewed importance of Afghanistan in US policy; The ethnic actors; Colonialism and the history of conflict; The failure of the post-colonial Afghan state; US policy at the dawn of the Cold War; The turn to the Soviet Union; 1979: the invasion and the Mujahideen; The Taliban and post-Cold War US policy; September 11 and the fall of the Taliban; Conclusion: the present and future US role; Bibliography; Index.
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