Afghanistan and super powers (Record no. 38476)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 8171690432
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 327.581047 MAA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Maaroof, Mohammad Khalid
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Title Afghanistan and super powers
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Commonwealth Publishers
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1990
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 347 p.
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Summary, etc. The present book sets out to explode the myth of super power dominance. This case is well illustrated when Soviet Union after having invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and after occupying it for a decade was forced to withdraw its troops from Afghan soil by 15 February 1989 under the pretext of Geneva accords. Having been the witness as well as the victom of Anglo-Russian rivalry in the past and US-Soviet rivalry in the post-war period, Afghanistan survived these odds by pursuing a policy of positive neutrality and genuine non-alignment. How a small geographi cally landlocked and nonaligned country like Afghanistan can survive the mano euvres of its immediate neighbour Soviet Union, a super power is analyti cally appraised in this book.<br/><br/>The author meticulously examines the developments preceding and succeed ing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The qualitative approach adopted by the author presents an indepth assess ment of the response Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by the United States, United Nation, NAM, EEC, organiza tion of Islamic countries, etc. The book presents a detailed analysis of U.S. failure to under estimate the potential of Soviet manoeuvres in Afghanistan.<br/><br/>The hallmark of this book is that it presents an Afghan perspective on one of the most crucial phases of 1980s in the annals of Afghan history in parti cular and in the history of contemporary international relations in general. The author has suggested a constructive framework with in which a permanent and lasting solution to extangle the Afghan Knot.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element International relations
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