Unholy wars : Afghanistan, America, and international terrorism /
To oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the US formed an anti-communist alliance with militant Islamic forces in Central Asia. This book provides an account of this alliance and how it backfired with the events of September 11.
Основен автор: | Cooley, John K., 1927-2008. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
London ; Sterling, Va. :
Pluto Press,
2002.
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Издание: | 3rd ed. |
Предмети: | |
Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329520 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Unholy wars. |
Съдържание:
- Carter and Brezhnev in the Valley of Decision
- Anwar al-Sadat
- Zia al-Haq
- Deng Xiaoping
- Recruiters, trainers, trainees and assorted spooks
- Donors, bankers and profiteers
- Poppy fields, killing fields and druglords
- Russia: bitter aftertaste and reluctant return
- The contagion spreads: Egypt and the Maghreb
- More contagion: the Philippines
- The contagion spreads: the assault on America
- Epilogue.