The fragmentation of Afghanistan : state formation & collapse in the international system / Barnett R. Rubin.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 349-365)

Contents: Preface to the second edition—Acknowledgments—List of abbreviations—Political map of Afghanistan—1. Afghanistan, mirror of the world—Part I : the old regime : state, society, and politics—2. Social structure under the old regime—3. State, tribe, and the international system : from gunpowder empires to the cold war—4. Rentier state and rentier revolutionaries—Part II : the PDPA in power : from the second cold war to the collapse of the USSR—5. Failure of revolution of revolution from above—6. Under soviet occupation : party, state, and society, 1980-1985—7. Soviet withdrawal, political retreat : state and society , 1986-1991—Part III : the Islamic resistance : Mujahidin, society, and the international system—8. Origins of the movement of Jihad—9. International aid, war, and national organization—10. International aid, war, and local and regional organization—11. Mujahidin after Soviet withdrawal—12. State collapse after the cold war : Afghanistan without foreign aid—Appendixes—Notes—Glossary—Bibliography—Index.