The peasant as counter-revolutionary: The rural origins of the Afghan insurgency

In: Studies in comparative international development, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 36-59

Abstract

This essay explores the peasant resistance movement during the 1978-79 period, prior to the Soviet invasion. It examines the rural economic structure, the rural social structure, the fundamentalist and Marxist political organizations, the role of the state, and the circumstances of the Revolution. (DSE)