MALEY William <br/><br/>
The Afghanistan wars/ 
William Maley 
 - Basingstoke:  Palgrave Macmillan,  2002 
 - ix, 340 pages  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Clear and detailed description and analysis of the reasons for Afghanistan's spate of wars since 1978 that followed fifty years of peace. Covers the the period from the Marxist coup in 1978 to the fall of the Taliban and the interim administration of 2002. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0333802918 (pbk.):  13.99 UK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HISTORY--SOVIET OCCUPATION--AFGHANISTAN--1979-1989