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Days of opportunity : the United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion
Title
Days of opportunity : the United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion / Robert Rakove.
ISBN
9780231558426 (electronic bk.)
0231558422 (electronic bk.)
9780231210447
0231210442
9780231210454
0231210450
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (488 pages.)
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Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
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Variant and related titles
United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
ebook version :
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 20, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: A day of opportunity
A game of hide and seek : the Afghan pursuit of diplomatic relations, 1921-1938
We have a rare opportunity : U.S.-Afghan relations amid the world crisis, 1938-1945
Preeminence and peril : the American influx and the coming of the Afghan Cold War, 1945-1952
"We might be willing to take a chance" : the choice to contest Afghanistan, 1953-1956
Anxious coexistence : the aid contest, 1956-1959
The crisis era, 1959-1963
Reform and retrenchment, 1962-1968
The fall of the monarchy, 1968-1973
Return to engagement, 1973-1976
The end of diplomacy, 1977-1979
Conclusion: "Into the jaws of catastrophe".
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. Columbia University Press Complete 2023.
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