A long goodbye

Kalinovsky, Artemy M.

A long goodbye the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan / [electronic resource] : Artemy M. Kalinovsky. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references 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.


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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-
Shevardnadze, Ėduard Amvrosievich, 1928-


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.

DK68.7.A6 / K35 2011eb

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