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 underestimated the importance of Islam in Afghanistan--

• | Author: Vassily Klimentov
• | Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 15, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1501773801
• | ISBN-13: 9781501773808