The Global Cold War on Campus

Student Activism at Kabul University, 1964-1992

af Kyara Anne Klausmann

How and why did students at Kabul University engage in political activism or refrained from it between 1964 and 1992? Based on oral history interviews with former students, this book reveals how they - as many others around the world at the same time - were galvanized by and disappointed with promises of progress dominating local and international politics. During the 1960s, the international influences on campus encouraged students' engagement with competing political ideologies. Collective stu... (Læs mere)