This volume studies the process of nation-state building, its
role in modernization and developments in Afghanistan following
World War II to the period of Soviet occupation of the country in
December 1979, and the struggle of various social strata for social
transformation in the country. The book further explores the
policies of the two superpowers--the United States and the Soviet
Union--and their economic assistance in Afghanistan's modernization
projects following World War II. The book offers insight into this
superpower struggle, examining how each superpower tried to win
Afghanistan to its side by supporting a particular social strata
within the state apparatus. Finally, it analyzes how one of the
contending superpowers--the Soviet Union, having failed to
establish its influence in Afghanistan--decided to intervene in the
country's affairs in December 1979.
The book also examines the emergence and development of the
Islamic movement and the Jihad struggle waged against the regime
and the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. It explores the basis of U.S.
policy in aiding and abetting the Pakistan-based Islamic parties
and the future of U.S.-Soviet struggle in Afghanistan. Much of the
book is based on Afghanistan's primary sources as well as U.S.
secret documents seized by the Iranian students during the U.S.
hostage crisis in Iran. The book links a survey of the literature
to interviews with prominent policymakers who were active in
Afghanistan's development strategies. The book should appeal to
scholars and researchers on the Middle East and South Asia, as well
as to lay persons interested in a new perspective and
interpretation of Afghanistan politics.
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