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The Afghanistan Wars by William Maley
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    • Product code: 418432
    • ISBN13: 9780230213142, 336 pages, paperback
      Published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2009
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    Description of The Afghanistan Wars

    William Maley provides an authoritative account of the waves of conflict which, for nearly a quarter of a century, devastated much of the country. This new edition has been updated throughout in the light of the latest research and features a new final chapter which examines post-Taliban Afghanistan, bringing the story up to the present day.

    Contents of The Afghanistan Wars

    Acknowledgements
    Note on References
    Map
    Introduction
    The Road to War
    Soviet Strategy, Tactics and Dilemmas
    The Development of Afghan Resistance
    The Karmal Period 1979-1986
    The Najibullah-Gorbachev Period 1986-1989
    The Road to Soviet Withdrawal
    Consequences of the Soviet-Afghan War
    The Interregnum of Najibullah 1989-1992
    The Rise and Fall of the Rabbani Government 1992-1996
    The Rise and Rule of the Taliban 1994-2001
    The Fall of the Taliban
    Post-Taliban Afghanistan
    References
    Index

    About William Maley

    WILLIAM MALEY is Professor and Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University, Australia.

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