Table of Contents

List of Maps and Plates - Preface - Acknowledgements - The Land and the People in History - Society and Economy - Afghan Foreign Relations - The New Democracy and its Limitations - The Saur Revolution - Reforms from Above and Repressions - Afghan Centres of Opposition - Disintegrating Army v Divided Opposition - Passive Non-alignment - A State of Nature - Jihan and the Superpower Proxy War - The Soviet Withdrawal - Appendices - Notes - Index