Robert B. Rakove sheds new light on the little-known and often surprising history of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan from the 1920s to the 1979 Soviet invasion, tracing its evolution and exploring its lasting consequences.
Robert B. Rakove sheds new light on the little-known and often surprising history of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan from the 1920s to the 1979 Soviet invasion, tracing its evolution and exploring its lasting consequences.
Robert B. Rakove is a lecturer in international relations at Stanford University. He is the author of Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World (2012).
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Notes for the Reader Introduction: "A Day of Opportunity" 1. A Game of Hide-and-Seek: The Afghan Pursuit of Diplomatic Relations, 1921-1938 2. "We Have a Rare Opportunity": U.S.-Afghan Relations Amid the World Crisis, 1938-1945 3. Preeminence and Peril: The American Influx and the Coming of the Afghan Cold War, 1945-1952 4. "We Might Be Willing to Take a Chance": The Choice to Contest Afghanistan, 1953-1956 5. Anxious Coexistence: The Aid Contest, 1956-1959 6. The Crisis Era, 1959-1963 7. Reform and Retrenchment, 1963-1968 8. The Fall of the Monarchy, 1968-1973 9. Return to Engagement, 1973-1976 10. The End of Diplomacy, 1977-1979 Conclusion: "Into the Jaws of Catastrophe" Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes List of Archives Index
Notes for the Reader Introduction: "A Day of Opportunity" 1. A Game of Hide-and-Seek: The Afghan Pursuit of Diplomatic Relations, 1921-1938 2. "We Have a Rare Opportunity": U.S.-Afghan Relations Amid the World Crisis, 1938-1945 3. Preeminence and Peril: The American Influx and the Coming of the Afghan Cold War, 1945-1952 4. "We Might Be Willing to Take a Chance": The Choice to Contest Afghanistan, 1953-1956 5. Anxious Coexistence: The Aid Contest, 1956-1959 6. The Crisis Era, 1959-1963 7. Reform and Retrenchment, 1963-1968 8. The Fall of the Monarchy, 1968-1973 9. Return to Engagement, 1973-1976 10. The End of Diplomacy, 1977-1979 Conclusion: "Into the Jaws of Catastrophe" Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes List of Archives Index
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