The Tragedy of Afghanistan. Raja Anwar, Translated from the Urdu by Khalid Hasan, London/New York: Verso. 1988. 286pp. £17.95hb War in Afghanistan. Mark Urban, London: Macmillan. 1988. 248pp. £29.50hb/£9.95pb Afghanistan: the great game revisited. Edited by Rosanne Klass, New York: Freedom House. 1987. 520pp. $19.95pb Deficits and the Dollar: the world economy at risk. Stephen Marris, Washington DC: Institute for International Economics. 1988. 343pp. $18.00pb External Deficits and the Dollar: the pit and the pendulum. Edited by Ralph C Bryant, Gerald Holtham and Peter Hooper Washington DC: The Brookings Institution. 1988. 147pp. £23.95hb/£8.75pb The Debt Threat. Tim Congdon, Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1988. 246pp. £25.00hb/£7.95pb Managing the Dollar: from the Plaza to the Louvre. Yoichi Funabashi, Washington DC: Institute for International Economics. 1988. 297pp. n/p The Rising Yen: the impact of Japanese financial liberalization on world capital markets. Richard S Thorn, Singapore: Institute ofSoutheast Asian Studies. 1987. 144pp. $18.00hb/$12.00pb Managing Global Money. Graham Bird, London: Macmillan. 1988. 304pp. £35.00hb