Afghanistan the Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Univ of California Pr on Demand
- Publish date: 03/01/1997
Description:
Few people are more respected or better positioned to speak on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan than M. Hassan Kakar. A professor at Kabul University and scholar of Afghan affairs at the time of the 1978 coup d'etat, Kakar vividly describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans. The events that followed are carefully detailed, with eyewitness accounts and authoritative documentation that provide an unparalleled view of this historical moment.
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Kakar brings firsthand knowledge and a historian's sensibility to his account of the invasion and its aftermath. This is both a personal document and a historical one, and a visceral concern for human rights, rather than party politics, infuses his writing.
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