1st Edition

Revolutionary Afghanistan A Reappraisal

By Beverley Male Copyright 1982
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1982, examines the reality of the so-called revolution in Afghanistan. It focuses on the career of Hafizullah Amin, considered in the West as a near-genocidal mass murderer, intent on establishing a personal fiefdom in Afghanistan. However, this book argues that he was a man struggling against impossible odds to preserve his country’s independence and at the same... Read more

1. In Search of Hafizullah Amin  2. Three Revolutionaries  3. A House Divided: the PDPA, 1965–1973  4. The Making of a Revolution: the PDPA, 1973–1978  5. The Inheritance: Afghanistan, 1978  6. Strategy for Reform  7. The Eid Conspiracy  8. A Treaty and a Murder: Closing the American Option  9. The Question of Leadership  10. The Summer of Discontent  11. The End Game  12. ‘… and the People Remain’

Biography

Beverley Male