A long goodbye : the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan /
By: Kalinovsky, Artemy M
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2011.Description: 304 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780674058668Subject(s): Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan | Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 | Russia -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan | Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Russia | Afghanistan -- History | Russia -- Foreign relationsDDC classification: 958.104/5
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Chronicles the Soviet Union's nine-year struggle to extricate itself from Afghanistan in the 1980s and compares it to the challenges the United States may face in withdrawing from the region.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 958.1045 KA LO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0019583 |
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Chronicles the Soviet Union's nine-year struggle to extricate itself from Afghanistan in the 1980s and compares it to the challenges the United States may face in withdrawing from the region.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-294) and index.
The reluctant intervention -- The turn toward diplomacy -- Gorbachev confronts Afghanistan -- The national reconciliation campaign -- Engaging with the Americans -- The Army withdraws and the Politburo debates -- Soviet policy adrift.