Jacqueline Fitzgibbon is Lecturer in History and Politics at University College Cork.

Well written and rigorously researched ... Provides mature and penetrating analysis [that] deserves a place in the modern library of Afghanistan.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan: History, Context and Carter 2. The Reagan Administration: Foreign Policy influences and the Importance of Propaganda 3. The Reagan Doctrine, Propaganda and the Afghan Conflict 4. Justifying Escalation in Afghanistan 5. The Afghan Media Project 6. 'The Road to Geneva and Beyond': The Superpower Summit, Public Diplomacy and the Afghan Conflict 7. The Beginning of the End: The Geneva Accords and National Reconciliation Conclusion BibliographyIndex

Jacqueline Fitzgibbon is Lecturer in History and Politics at University College Cork.

Well written and rigorously researched ... Provides mature and penetrating analysis [that] deserves a place in the modern library of Afghanistan.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan: History, Context and Carter 2. The Reagan Administration: Foreign Policy influences and the Importance of Propaganda 3. The Reagan Doctrine, Propaganda and the Afghan Conflict 4. Justifying Escalation in Afghanistan 5. The Afghan Media Project 6. 'The Road to Geneva and Beyond': The Superpower Summit, Public Diplomacy and the Afghan Conflict 7. The Beginning of the End: The Geneva Accords and National Reconciliation Conclusion BibliographyIndex

Jacqueline Fitzgibbon is Lecturer in History and Politics at University College Cork.

Well written and rigorously researched ... Provides mature and penetrating analysis [that] deserves a place in the modern library of Afghanistan.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. US Foreign Policy and Afghanistan: History, Context and Carter 2. The Reagan Administration: Foreign Policy influences and the Importance of Propaganda 3. The Reagan Doctrine, Propaganda and the Afghan Conflict 4. Justifying Escalation in Afghanistan 5. The Afghan Media Project 6. 'The Road to Geneva and Beyond': The Superpower Summit, Public Diplomacy and the Afghan Conflict 7. The Beginning of the End: The Geneva Accords and National Reconciliation Conclusion BibliographyIndex