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Unholy wars : Afghanistan, America and international terrorism

A classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with Afghanistan
Print Book, English, 2002
Pluto Press, London, 2002
xx, 268 pages : maps ; 24 cm
9780745319179, 9780745319186, 0745319173, 0745319181
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Carter and Brezhnev in the Valley of Decision
Anwar al-Sadat
Zia al-Haq
Deng Xiaoping
Recruiters, trainers, trainees and assorted spooks
Donors, bankers and profiteers
Poppy fields, killing fields and druglords
Russia: bitter aftertaste and reluctant return
The contagion spreads: Egypt and the Maghreb
More contagion: the Philippines
The contagion spreads: the assault on America
Epilogue