Afghanistan: The Great Game Revisited [Hardcover]

Rosanne Klass (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0932088589 | ISBN-13: 978-0932088581 | Edition: Rev Sub

A single comprehensive guide to the issue of the Soviet invasion that explains what is happening and why, and what it means for the rest of the world. Readable and concise as well as authoritative, it includes information that has never before been made public in chapters contributed by an international roster of leading experts. A new chapter, 'The Geneva Accords-The Settlement and its Consequences,' updates this bestseller in order to look at the recent developments in the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan both in theory and in fact.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This commendable book addresses a need for current information that provides 'the data necessary for a basic understanding of the Afghanistan issue including historical and geographical contexts in which it can be better understood.'...an up-to-date reference source on a subject about which all too little is known....Recommended for all undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and general readers.>>>

...excellent...contains an analysis of Soviet-Afghan relations that is clear, sober and tough-minded....avoids the common fallacies that stem from writing about geopolitics by historical analogy.>>>>

A war that has lasted eight years, caused a million deaths and 5 million refugees, needs more attention than we in the West have seen fit to give it. Afghanistan: The Great Game Revisited...helps fill that need....Editor Rosanne Klass and her colleagues give us the historical background necessary to comprehend the current scene.>>>

...deep, rich and readable...an excellent book. Good writing, well edited, by people who know what they are talking about. First-class. And you may quote me.>>>> (Dan Rather )

...a succinct source of information...>>>>

About the Author

Rosanne Klass is Director of the Afghanistan/South Asia Resource Center in New York. A writer, editor and journalist, she lived in Afghanistan for several years, returning there to report for The New York Times in 1965-66.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 578 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America; Rev Sub edition (July 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932088589
• ISBN-13: 978-0932088581
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,797,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)