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ILLUSTRATIONS FOREWORD xvii PREFACE xxi THE GREAT GAME: 1837-1944 3 Origins of Soviet interest in Afghanistan 3 The "Socialist King," Amanullah Khan (1919-1929) 10 Conclusion 17 GROWING SOVIET INVOLVEMENT, 1945-1979 19 Soviet Influence Grows 19 Soviet and US Objectives in the Postwar Decades 27 The People' s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (The Afghan Communist Party) 30 The Communists Come to Power 37 Reasons for the Soviet Invasion 40 Conclusion 48 THE SECOND STAGE OF THE AFGHAN REVOLUTION 51 The Setting on 28 December 1979 51 The Structure of Political Power 57 Evolution of PDPA and DRA Leadership 63 Biographic Sketches of PDPA and DRA Leaders 69 Problems and Evolution of the PDPA 77 Conclusion 86 POLITICS OF THE RESISTANCE 87 Background 87 Opposition Groups in Peshawar: Attempts at Unification 92 Resistance Groups in Iran 108 The Resistance Movement within Afghanistan 110 Leftist Resistance Groups 119 Fighting among Guerrilla Bands 121 Conclusion 123 THE MILITARY STRUGGLE 127 1. OVERVIEW AND TACTICS 127 The Longest Soviet Foreign War 127 Conflicting Claims of Territorial Control 134 Kabul: Safest of the Soviet-Held Cities? 138 Soviet Counterinsurgency Strategy 143 Mujahidin Tac

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Author

J. Bruce Amstutz

Publisher

National Defense University Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities