The Search for Peace in Afghanistan: From Buffer State to Failed State

By Barnett R. Rubin

Afghanistan's 14-year-long civil war erupted in 1978 and ended in the disintegration of a state that was first hyperarmed by the superpowers and then abandoned by them. This text analyzes the part played by international politics in this debacle, discussing how changing patterns of strategic conflict and co-operation have affected international negotiations over Afghanistan from the period of the civil war to the present.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300063768
• ISBN13: 9780300063769
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"