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Elisabeth Leake, Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan
Elisabeth Leake, Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan

Author(s): Ivan Sablin
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Book-Review
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Soviet invasion; modern Afghanistan; Afghan history; Cold War; political transformation; Elisabeth Leake;

Summary/Abstract: Review of: Elisabeth Leake, Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 368 pp., ill.

  • Issue Year: 65/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 263-268
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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