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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809884403321

Autore

Corwin Phillip

Titolo

Doomed in Afghanistan : a UN officer's memoir of the fall of Kabul and Najibullah's failed escape, 1992 / / Phillip Corwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8135-6827-7

0-8135-3451-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

958.104/6

Soggetti

Afghanistan History Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 Personal narratives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Waiting for the end: Kabul, 4/92 (poem) -- 1 Setting the Stage -- 2 The Journal: April 1992 -- 3 The View from UN Headquarters -- 4 Seven Years After: An Interview with Afghan Expatriates -- Epilogue: After the Events of 11 September 2001 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.