Historical background. 2.

Basic postulates of Afghan foreign policy. 3.

Afghan—Soviet relations: the post-war period. 4.

Afghan-US relations. 5.

Global response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Conclusion.

Appendices. Bibliography.

Index. "The present book sets out to explode the myth of super power dominance.

This case is well illustrated when Soviet Union after having invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and after occupying it for a decade was forced to withdraw its troops from Afghan soil by 15 February 1989 under the pretext of Geneva accords. Having been the witness as well as the victim of Anglo-Russian rivalry in the past and US-Soviet rivalry in the post-war period, Afghanistan survived these odds by pursuing a policy of positive neutrality and genuine non-alignment.

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Introduction: 1. The Afghan state: essential characteristics.

II. Historical perspective: 2.

Policies of Amir Abdur Rehman (1880-1901). 3.

Amir Amanullah (1919-29). 4.

Failure of Communist reforms. III.

Collapse of fundamentalism: 5. The Taliban: emergence and consolidation.

6. The Taliban: experimentation and failure.

IV. Towards a stable Afghanistan: 7.

Towards a stable Afghanistan: options and challenges ahead. Appendices.

Bibliography. Index.

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Introduction. 2.

Strategies of transformation. 3.

Chemistry of confrontation. 4.

Ambedkar's world. 5.

Ambedkar's ideals revisited. 6.

Gandhi's ideas about man and his world. 7.

World-views at war. 8.

The Dalit movement: rift in the legacy. 9.

Overview. Bibliography.

Index. "The book represents a radical departure from the genre of writings that deal with thought and works of M.

K. Gandhi and B.

R. Ambedkar, either singly or in a comparative framework, in a discursive manner or historically and chronologically.

These two extremely important personalities left a deep and indelible imprint on the content and direction of Indian politics. However, these writings rarely delve deeper to identify the factors and forces that made them so central to politics in India at a crucial historical juncture and yet so apart.

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