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A Long Goodbye : The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674061040
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Long GoodbyeDDC classification:
  • 958.1045
LOC classification:
  • DK68
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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