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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rakove, Robert B., 1977- author.

Series:

Global America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.

United States.

Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

Afghanistan--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rakove, Robert Days of Opportunity

ISBN:

0-231-55842-2

OCLC:

1382694206