Empire and Tribe in the Afghan Frontier Region: Custom, Conflict and British Strategy in Waziristan until 1947 Waziristan, a region on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has in recent years become a flash point in the…
No Miracles: The Failure of Soviet Decision-Making in the Afghan War The Soviet experience in Afghanistan provides a compelling perspective on the far-reaching hazards of military intervention. In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev…