A Long Goodbye : The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Kalinovsky, Artemy M.
A Long Goodbye : The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Reluctant Intervention -- Chapter 2. The Turn toward Diplomacy -- Chapter 3. Gorbachev Confronts Afghanistan -- Chapter 4. The National Reconciliation Campaign -- Chapter 5. Engaging with the Americans -- Chapter 6. The Army Withdraws and the Politburo Debates -- Chapter 7. Soviet Policy Adrift -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Why did the USSR linger so long in Afghanistan? What makes this account of the Soviet-Afghan conflict both timely and important is its focus on the factors that prevented the Soviet leadership from ending a demoralizing and costly war and on the long-term consequences for the Soviet Union and the region.
9780674061040
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich,-1931-2022.
Shevardnadze, Ė. A.-(Ėduard Amvrosievich),-1928-2014.
Disengagement (Military science)-Case studies.
Soviet Union-Foreign relations-Afghanistan.
Afghanistan-Foreign relations-Soviet Union.
Afghanistan-History-Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Soviet Union-Foreign relations-1975-1985.
Soviet Union-Foreign relations-1985-1991.
Electronic books.
DK68
958.1045
A Long Goodbye : The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Reluctant Intervention -- Chapter 2. The Turn toward Diplomacy -- Chapter 3. Gorbachev Confronts Afghanistan -- Chapter 4. The National Reconciliation Campaign -- Chapter 5. Engaging with the Americans -- Chapter 6. The Army Withdraws and the Politburo Debates -- Chapter 7. Soviet Policy Adrift -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Why did the USSR linger so long in Afghanistan? What makes this account of the Soviet-Afghan conflict both timely and important is its focus on the factors that prevented the Soviet leadership from ending a demoralizing and costly war and on the long-term consequences for the Soviet Union and the region.
9780674061040
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich,-1931-2022.
Shevardnadze, Ė. A.-(Ėduard Amvrosievich),-1928-2014.
Disengagement (Military science)-Case studies.
Soviet Union-Foreign relations-Afghanistan.
Afghanistan-Foreign relations-Soviet Union.
Afghanistan-History-Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Soviet Union-Foreign relations-1975-1985.
Soviet Union-Foreign relations-1985-1991.
Electronic books.
DK68
958.1045