TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalinovsky,Artemy M.
TI  - A Long Goodbye: The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
SN  - 9780674061040
AV  - DK68 
U1  - 958.1045 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich,-1931-2022
KW  - Shevardnadze, Ė. A.-(Ėduard Amvrosievich),-1928-2014
KW  - Disengagement (Military science)-Case studies
KW  - Soviet Union-Foreign relations-Afghanistan
KW  - Afghanistan-Foreign relations-Soviet Union
KW  - Afghanistan-History-Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
KW  - Soviet Union-Foreign relations-1975-1985
KW  - Soviet Union-Foreign relations-1985-1991
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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