Soviet Union in Afghanistan معرفی و نقد

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The Soviet Union in Afghanistan M. Hassan Kakar. Afghanistan: the Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response Berkeley, University of California Press, 1995 Hassan Kakar is a professor and former dean of the Faculty of History at Kabul University and undoubtedly the most prominent historian of that country, having spent several years in prison during the occupation of Afghanistan. The book under review is a comprehensive and accurate historical critique of how the Soviet army entered Afghanistan, the killing of the then president, Hafizullah Amin, the rise of Babrak Karmal, the equipping and mobilization of tribes and Islamic forces against the Soviet Union, and how the Afghan Jihad achieved victory. Kakar's conversations with many ousted communist leaders in prison, as well as a number of primary sources, form the basis of his conclusions. The nature of the conflict between different factions among the communists, the nature of the relationship between these factions and the Soviet authorities, the impact of the Cold War, strategic issues, and how religious forces were unified are among the very interesting topics of this book. This work should be considered an illuminator of many points regarding the presence and role of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Women and the Political Process in Iran Parvin Paidar Women and the Political Process in Twentieth Century Iran New York, Cambridge University Press, 1995 Women's issues in Iran are among the most important issues discussed and researched by scholars