War, Politics and Society in Afghanistan, 1978-1992Georgetown University Press, 2000 - 320 pages This book is the first to analyze the institutions, successes, and failures of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, the pro-Soviet regime that sought to dominate the country during the years of the Soviet military presence. Antonio Giustozzi explores the military, political, and social strategies of the predominantly urban and Marxist regime as it struggled--and ultimately failed--to win the support of a largely rural and Islamic population. Drawing on many Soviet materials not previously used by Western writers, including unpublished Red Army documents and interviews with participants, Giustozzi provides valuable new insights into the cold war and the rise of Islamic revolt. |
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THE LIMITS OF SOVIETIZATION | 9 |
Difficulties in the implementation of the social program | 20 |
The building up of the social base of the Saur | 33 |
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active Afgana Afghan Afghan armed forces Afghanistan Aktual'nye problemy afganskoi areas Baghlan Baghlan province Bakhtar Balkh Balkh province battalions border countryside Defence desertions district DYOA Einige Probleme fact Faryab Faryab province Fragmentation of Afghanistan Gankovskii Gareev Helmand province Herat province Hizb-i Islamic Jallalabad jirgah Jowzyan July June Kabul Kabul province Kandahar Kandahar province Karmal KhAD Khalqis Korgun Kunar Kunduz Laghman leaders Lyakhovskii March military militiamen militias Ministry Moscow Moya poslednyaya voina mujahidin mujahidin groups mullahs Najibullah Nangrahar National Reconciliation NDPA sbornik dokumentov notables obstanovka officers Ogranichennyi kontingent operations organs Pakistan Paktia party Pashtun PDPA peasants Plenum political population problemy afganskoi revolyutsii recruitment Red Army regime regiment Revolution role sarandoy Sept Soviet advisers Soviet withdrawal Spetnaz Spetsial'nyi Byulleten Takhar Tashkent Tragediya i doblest tribal tribes troops TsK KPSS TsK NDPA units Uzbekistan villages Voina v Afganistane