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A slow reckoning : the USSR, the Afghan communists, and Islam /

"This book studies the Soviet Union and the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and their views of and policies toward Islam and Islamism during the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989). It shows how the Soviets and the PDPA were driven by Marxist-Leninist ideology and long underestim...

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Main Author: Klimentov, Vassily, 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Islam and politics > Afghanistan.
Islam and politics > Soviet Union.
Communism and Islam > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 > Religious aspects > Islam.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781501773822
1501773828
9781501773815
150177381X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The Basmachi and Soviet Islam
  • Khalq's Islam and the decision to intervene
  • Ideology in the Karmal era
  • Najibullah's Islamisation
  • The USSR, Afghanistan, and the Muslim world
  • Moscow's Islamist threat.

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