Rakove Days of Opportunity

The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55842-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten

Reihe: Global America

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rakove, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Robert B. Rakove is a lecturer in international relations at Stanford University. He is the author of Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World (2012).