Bibliograph

"A nation is dying", Afghanistan under the Soviets, 1979-87, Jeri Laber and Barnett R. Rubin

Type

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"A nation is dying", Afghanistan under the Soviets, 1979-87, Jeri Laber and Barnett R. Rubin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

"A nation is dying"

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

17508358

Responsibility statement

Jeri Laber and Barnett R. Rubin

Sub title

Afghanistan under the Soviets, 1979-87

Summary

"Nearly one million Afghan civilian non-combatants ... have been murdered during the eight years of the Soviet-Afghan conflict ... More than five million refugees ... have fled to neighboring Pakistan and Iran. It is vital for the world to know what has happened. [This book] analyzes these events without political or ideological bias, recording human rights violations on both sides of the conflict, and provides an invaluable framework in which to understand them"--Page 4 of cover

Table Of Contents

Historical background -- Crimes against the rural population -- Destruction of the rural economy -- Torture and killing of prisoners of war -- Repression in the cities -- Suppression of civil liberties and independent institutions -- Creation of a new, Soviet-trained generation

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Contributor