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Days of opportunity : the United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rakove, Robert B., 1977- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations > United States.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Afghanistan > History > 20th century.
Diplomatic relations.
Afghanistan.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A day of opportunity
  • A game of hide and seek : the Afghan pursuit of diplomatic relations, 1921-1938
  • We have a rare opportunity : U.S.-Afghan relations amid the world crisis, 1938-1945
  • Preeminence and peril : the American influx and the coming of the Afghan Cold War, 1945-1952
  • "We might be willing to take a chance" : the choice to contest Afghanistan, 1953-1956
  • Anxious coexistence : the aid contest, 1956-1959
  • The crisis era, 1959-1963
  • Reform and retrenchment, 1962-1968
  • The fall of the monarchy, 1968-1973
  • Return to engagement, 1973-1976
  • The end of diplomacy, 1977-1979
  • Conclusion: "Into the jaws of catastrophe".