Afghan Syndrome - How to Live With Soviet Power

The Afghan Syndrome (1982) analyses and interprets the 1979 Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan and also examines its effects on America, China, India, Pakistan and other Islamic nations. It argues that one of the results was the rise of other centres of economic, political and military power outside the superpower spheres.

Sommario

1. The Intervention 2. Afghanistan: Friend or Victim? 3. The Theory of Linkage 4. The USSR: Emergent Global Power 5. Moscow: Diplomacy of Intervention 6. India: Diplomacy of ‘Crisis Defusion’ 7. Pakistan: Diplomacy of Survival 8. China: Diplomacy of Insecurity 9. Towards Denouement 10. Asian Perceptions of Soviet Power 11. How to Live with Soviet Power

Info autore

Bhabani Sen Gupta

Riassunto

The Afghan Syndrome (1982) analyses and interprets the 1979 Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan and also examines its effects on America, China, India, Pakistan and other Islamic nations. It argues that one of the results was the rise of other centres of economic, political and military power outside the superpower spheres.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bhabani Sen Gupta, Gupta Bhabani Sen
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032374659
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237465-9
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Foreign Policy
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Afghanistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, International Relations, General & world history, General and world history, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union